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Like humanity, the world of boxing consists largely of losers. Perhaps the most self-defeating kind of loser is one who fails to take responsibility for his failures, instead blaming others or the unfairness of life. John Huston’s Fat

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Aug. 28, 1976: Zarate vs Ferreri

August 28, 2021August 31, 2021

Paul Ferreri never really stood a chance. No one expected the scrappy kid to put up much of a fight but he had won the lottery and a chance to face a seemingly unbeatable champion. Ferreri was tough,

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Sept. 29, 1967: Griffith vs Benvenuti II

September 30, 2021October 3, 2021

“I would have quit, but I didn’t know how to do anything else but fight.” Beyond the mythologies and whimsical fairy tales full of heroes who sneered at adversity are those who reach their pedestal because they had

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May 27, 1983: Hagler vs Scypion

May 27, 2021May 30, 2021

The fighters in the ring, the crowd amped up, and Dick Johnson pulls out a saxophone to play the national anthem. He starts in, getting jazzy, dirty. The people at the Civic Center in Providence throw on a

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June 9, 1978: Holmes vs Norton

June 9, 2021June 14, 2021

While it may be going a bit far to classify Ken Norton as a “hard-luck fighter,” it’s difficult not to when one considers all the twists and turns of his fateful career. Surely the term should not apply