Browsing Tag Sugar Ray Robinson
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Sept. 23, 1957: Robinson vs Basilio
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 ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Welterweight Fights
Thirty-eight years ago one of the biggest fights in boxing history shattered box-office and telecast records and helped usher in the era of The Four Kings. Hearns vs ...
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Sept. 12, 1951: Robinson vs Turpin
The first Robinson vs Turpin battle took place in London, England just two months before the second, and it will forever stand as one of the greatest upsets ...
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Happy Birthday To “The Rock”
Today is the birthday of legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and we’re always going to pay tribute to the one and only “Brockton Blockbuster,” regardless of the fact his famous ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 39 ...
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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 ...
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The Genius Of Sugar Ray Robinson
For fans of “The Sweet Science,” today should be a very special occasion, if not a national holiday. It’s Sugar Ray Robinson’s birthday and everyone who loves the ...
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May 1, 1957: Robinson-Fullmer II
May 1st, 1957. Chicago Stadium. The rematch between young, tough Gene Fullmer, and the living legend, Sugar Ray Robinson. Pre-fight predictions were mixed, but most thought time was ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights
The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of the sport’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to ever lace ’em up and some of ...
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Fight City Legends: The Ghetto Wizard
In the long history of boxing there have been many master trainers, gurus of the ring who made it their life’s work to mould young men into pugilists. ...
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April 2, 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Feb. 15, 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Fight City Reviews 2
The Sweet Science
One of the obvious realizations upon re-reading A.J. Liebling’s The Sweet Science is that while much has changed in the sport over the last 60 years, other things ...
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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. ...
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The Gods Of War
One of the best parts about being a boxing fan is the vitality of the sport’s history and the spirited debates and discussions that arise from it. The ...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Masters Of The Jab
With few exceptions, the jab is a boxer’s most fundamental weapon, the key punch that sets up all the others. Without it, a boxer cannot effectively establish rhythm, ...
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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 ...
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