Browsing Tag Tommy Loughran

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  Boxiana 6

  Bad Rap

  “I wouldn’t say he was dirty so much as he was expedient. He was so eager to get the damage done that his head and shoulders went with ...

  On January 1, 2020 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  Fight City Legends: King of the Canebrakes

  It’s October 3, 1933 and a young man, a fighter, lies close to death in a hospital bed in Macon, Georgia. The room is quiet, morose even, such ...

  On July 5, 2019 / By Daniel Attias
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  The Top Twelve 5

  Top 12 All-Time Greatest “Philly” Champs

  Rocky is a great movie, and Creed was pretty good, but they get my town all wrong when it comes to boxing. The films portray Philadelphia as a city ...

  On February 8, 2019 / By Joshua Isard
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  The Top Twelve 3

  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, ...

  On November 2, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Will Beterbiev Ignite The Light Heavyweights?

  All dressed up, no place to go: that’s boxing’s light heavyweight division at the moment. So much talent, so many great matches waiting to be made, but everything ...

  On June 3, 2016 / By Robert Portis
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  June 13, 1935: Braddock vs Baer

  “I thought I could lick Baer. I thought I can outpoint him. They never gave me a chance. But he was just another opponent and I was in ...

  On February 10, 2015 / By Robert Portis