Browsing Tag Timothy Bradley
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Boxiana 4
Dec. 5, 1947: Louis vs Walcott I
Bad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than judges rendering a final verdict which makes a mockery of a hard-fought contest. Sadly, such ...
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The Top Twelve 13
Top 12 All-Time “Dirtiest” Champs
A comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ring-craft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Stevenson vs Caraballo
Shakur Stevenson, budding star, 2016 Olympic silver medalist, and current WBO featherweight champion, re-opened the boxing landscape last night by dominating and stopping an over-matched Felix Caraballo at ...
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Boxiana 0
April 4, 2009: Bradley vs Holt
Every passionate fight fan remembers what sparked their love for The Sweet Science. For some it was watching Rocky or When We Were Kings, or coming across a ...
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The Top Twelve 0
The Twelve Rounds Of Christmas
It’s a timeless Yuletide classic, a tune sung for centuries at this time of year, but now “The Twelve Days Of Christmas” has a special pugnacious and pugilistic ...
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Features 2
Stuck in Time: Manny, Marquez and Me
“Hard right hand by Marquez and for the first time in four fights Manny Pacquiao has been knocked down!” “Are you fucking kidding me?!” So I screamed at ...
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The Top Twelve 1
Top 12 All-Time Greatest Pacman Moments
At this point it’s anybody’s guess how much longer ring legend Manny Pacquiao will continue boxing, but what is known is that the Pacman scored a huge win ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 26
Welcome back to a new episode of The Fight City Podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash who this week is joined by boxing historian and site contributor Patrick Connor. ...
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Five Myths About Judging
In the aftermath of the controversial draw verdict for Saturday’s huge heavyweight showdown, attention has once again turned to the ancient question of how boxing matches are scored ...
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Stevenson vs Gvozdyk: Mandatory Mayhem
With WBC light heavyweight belt-holder Adonis “Superman” Stevenson set to face mandatory top contender Oleksander Gvozdyk this Saturday at the Vidéotron Centre in Quebec City, the champion is ...
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Features 1
The Weekend That Was
Terence Crawford demonstrated again what a superb talent he is as, with power, strength and skill, he methodically broke down and dispatched Jeff Horn in the ninth round ...
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Columns 2
Next Step to Stardom: Spence vs Khan
Errol Spence Jr. is now a world champion, becoming one under circumstances not common to this generation of fighters. He took on the most talented welterweight in the ...
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Columns 3
The Haunting Of Dinamita
Boxing continues to be the sport where aging athletes and ex-champions never retire but instead keep holding out for one more dance in the spotlight, not to mention ...
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Columns 1
Superfight For Kell Brook?
Back in August of 2014, following an ugly contest marred by excessive clinching and frequent rabbit punches, Kell Brook supplanted Shawn Porter as IBF welterweight champion. The unbeaten underdog ...
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Columns 8
#PacNelo Is Coming
“Boxing is a business” is the phrase fighters, promoters, managers, and even fight fans use to justify about 85% of the matches that we get to see on ...
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Fight Reports 1
Pacquiao Impressive In Farewell Fight
It was supposed to be a legend’s last fight. It was insanely and stupidly politicized. And it was a bout many weren’t excited about. Still, Manny Pacquiao got ...
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Features 2
PacBradley I: Heist or Hyperbole?
The MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas will host the third and final chapter of Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley’s welterweight trilogy tomorrow night, in what may well ...
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PacBradley III: The Fight City Picks
We’re mere hours away from what just might be the final fight of Manny Pacquiao’s amazing career. While few were calling for a third meeting between The Pacman ...
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#NoTrump: The Rise of Oscar Valdez
Let’s be honest: 2016 has been far from an exciting year for boxing with few truly compelling matchups. This Saturday night will bring us one of the biggest ...
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Columns 1
A Question Of Character
“It’s the mark of a great fighter when he has character plus skill. Because a fighter with character and skill will often rise and beat a better fighter…Character ...
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Lee Wylie 1
Pacquiao vs Bradley: A Tactical Overview
While it’s fair to say that the boxing world is not exactly on fire regarding next Saturday’s rubber match between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, what is also ...
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Columns 3
Pacquiao Off His Pedestal
Comparing disfavorably a significant subset of the human population to animals is not a good way to win friends, especially when the one speaking had for so long ...
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Fight Reports 4
Fight Report: Garcia vs Guerrero
Danny Garcia knows this story already. So does boxing, for that matter. Fans again walk away from one of Garcia’s fights underwhelmed, while he walks away with another ...
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Columns 1
The Tragedy of Boxers With CID
Ring rust is real. Three long years is what John L. Sullivan waited between fights; Jack Dempsey did the same. Neither heavyweight returned from the long, dry spell ...
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Fight Reports 0
Fight Report: Bradley vs Rios
The Event A showdown between two fan-friendly fighters, on paper Bradley vs Rios figured to be a lively and entertaining affair. Rios had rededicated himself to his career ...
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Going All-In: Bradley vs Rios
Timothy Bradley and Brandon Rios are, by almost any measure, highly successful pugilists. They know seven-figure paydays and what it feels like to fight in glitzy venues in ...
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Bradley vs Rios: Fireworks Alert
When the government issues an alert to the public regarding inclement weather, that’s all it is: an alert, not a guarantee. Similarly, we cannot know for certain that ...
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Bradley Finally Gets A Break
So we now know that Floyd Mayweather has lost his World Boxing Organization world welterweight title, by order of the WBO, and that the belt will go to ...
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Bradley vs Vargas: Prizefighter Purgatory
Whoever won between Timothy Bradley and Jessie Vargas was supposed to have walked away with a fair share of elusive respect, or at least signaled their arrival to ...
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Towards the Light: Bradley vs Vargas
“Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.” –Thomas Hardy ...
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