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April 20, 1960: Fullmer vs Giardello

As most boxing fans know, they made a movie about wrongly imprisoned middleweight contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter with Denzel Washington in the leading role. And while no doubt ...
On April 20, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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April 16, 1952: Robinson vs Graziano

Sometimes match-ups that appear obvious, can’t-miss attractions, just don’t happen for whatever reason. Such was the case with Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano. Both were based in ...
On April 16, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson

It is almost a cliché of sports: Sugar Ray Robinson is, pound-for-pound, the greatest boxer of all-time. While in fact some boxing historians point to Harry Greb and Sam Langford ...
On April 9, 2018 / By Lee Wylie
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April 1, 1954: Olson vs Gavilan

Kid Gavilan, aka “The Cuban Hawk,” had been a top ranked boxer for years before he won the world welterweight title, having bested such rough customers as Tommy ...
On April 2, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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March 25, 1958: Robinson vs Basilio II

Sugar Ray Robinson, widely regarded as pound-for-pound the greatest boxer of all time, rarely found himself the underdog, but that’s exactly what he was heading into his return ...
On March 25, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories

For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one which takes place against a great fighter when they are in their prime and no mitigating factors ...
On March 6, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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March 4, 1961: Robinson vs Fullmer IV

Let us journey back, boxing fans, to a time when the best fought the best and did so not once every couple of years but whenever the occasion ...
On March 4, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Yes, Roy Really Was That Good

By the mid-90’s, the question was being asked: was he the best ever? Certainly there had been no one quite like him in recent memory, no one who ...
On February 17, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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Feb. 14, 1951: Robinson vs LaMotta VI

Of all the great rivalries in boxing, that between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta stands apart. First, these were two all-time greats. Even early in their careers, fight ...
On February 14, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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Feb. 5, 1943: Robinson vs LaMotta II

A rivalry is not a rivalry after just one fight. Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta had faced each other for the very first time just four months prior ...
On February 5, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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Scribe Of “The Fancy”

Great stories always involve great characters, so it makes sense that so many fiction writers have taken boxers as their subjects. Few sports make such drastic demands on ...
On January 15, 2018 / By Joshua Isard
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Rivalries

The best boxing rivalries are about more than a series of fights. Great rivalries are stories, absorbing narratives that not only offer genuine intensity and riveting action, but ...
On December 16, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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Sugar And Steel: Ray Robinson’s Pittsburgh Connection

Though it is almost impossible to overstate Sugar Ray Robinson’s greatness, so much has been written on the subject of that inarguable status that little can be said ...
On December 9, 2017 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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Nov. 30, 1979: Benitez vs Leonard

Perhaps few people at the time realized it, but the title match between Wilfred “Radar” Benitez and Sugar Ray Leonard at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas constituted an extremely ...
On November 30, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Nov. 21, 1987: Chavez vs Rosario

No one questions the fact that Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. is an all-time great and, for me at least, the best Mexican pugilist ever, though my editor, Mr. ...
On November 21, 2017 / By Neil Crane
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Boxing Returns To Portland

It’s been nearly 12 years since the city of Portland, Oregon played host to a professional boxing card. Few people around the “Rose City” actually remember its bustling ...
On October 23, 2017 / By Patrick Connor
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Oct. 21, 1953: Olson vs Turpin

“They say I haven’t trained hard enough for this fight. Who is to be the judge of how hard I work? I have worked all right, harder than ...
On October 21, 2017 / By David Como
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Oct. 14, 1949: Gavilan vs Jack

It was the classic clash of the old king vs the future king when the once-great Beau Jack met Kid Gavilan in Chicago Stadium in a ten round, non-title ...
On October 14, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Top 12 All-Time Best Welterweights

Our ratings of the all-time greatest fighters in each of the traditional eight weight classes continues with a look at the storied ranks of the welterweight division. As noted ...
On October 9, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Oct. 4, 1940: Zivic vs Armstrong

Fritzie Zivic was one of the most colorful characters in the history of boxing and with 158 wins on his record, he was also no slouch in terms of ...
On October 4, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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Sept. 23, 1957: Robinson-Basilio I

The great Sugar Ray Robinson had retired from boxing, had been singing and tap-dancing for three years. He didn’t have much success, and came back to the ring in ...
On September 23, 2017 / By David Como
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Jake LaMotta: 1922-2017

Jake LaMotta, who died yesterday from complications due to pneumonia, was boxing’s oldest living former champion and a direct link to the “Golden Age” of prizefighting, a time ...
On September 20, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Top 12 All-Time Biggest Middleweight Fights

A couple years ago, when everyone was getting set for the long-awaited confrontation between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we put together a list of the “biggest” welterweight ...
On September 15, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Top 12 All-Time Most Cerebral Boxers

It takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting, defense and the ability to adapt to an ...
On September 4, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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When 49-0 Means More Than 50-0

Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and, despite the fact “The Rock’s” famous 49-0 career mark was last week “eclipsed” by Floyd Mayweather, we’re going to pay ...
On September 1, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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Aug. 10, 1963: Tiger vs Fullmer III

It is often the case with dynamic brawlers who rely on physical strength, constant aggression and a seemingly inhuman ability to absorb punishment that, like an engine habitually ...
On August 10, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Catchers

A ‘catcher’ is a boxer who is always willing to test his opponent’s power and absorb several punches in order to land just one or two of his ...
On July 10, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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July 9, 1989: Rosario vs Jones

When we compare and rank boxers of the past, something all serious fight fans love to do, one of the key criteria is longevity. This has less to ...
On July 9, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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June 25, 1952: Maxim vs Robinson

In boxing, as in other avenues of life, it is possible to be too good for your own good. Sugar Ray Robinson is regarded by many as the ...
On June 25, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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June 20, 1980: Duran vs Leonard I

Time waits for no one, as the old cliché goes, a statement whose meaning the young can barely grasp and alas, I am young no longer. But 37 years ...
On June 20, 2017 / By Michael Carbert

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