Browsing Tag Top Rank
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It’s Time: The Dream vs The Takeover
Last night saw a big win both for the boxer they call “The Dream,” and for the increasingly precarious enterprise that is professional prizefighting. Undefeated lightweight titlist Devin ...
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Fight Report: Taylor vs Ramirez
Unification fights are, deservedly, a big deal in 21st century boxing as they are about as common as Bigfoot sightings and manna from heaven for hardcore fight fans ...
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The Weekend That Was Podcast (No. 13)
Trust us to get a brand new recap podcast up for you as host Alden Chodash and Josh Brewer discuss Canelo vs Saunders. Plus, Alden is then joined ...
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The Sting Of The Scorpion
Regardless of anyone’s opinions of the state of boxing in the 21st century, there’s no denying that with some seventeen different weight divisions, four major sanctioning bodies, and ...
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End To A Lost Year
With boxing hit hard by the ongoing global coronavirus crisis, training and travel schedules have been disrupted, live gates are limited, and fights have been postponed or cancelled ...
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Fight Report: Crawford vs Brook
Pound-for-pound lists are not to everybody’s taste, but regardless of how you choose to rank the best fighters in the world, there’s no denying that Terence Crawford is ...
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Not Exactly High Drama
Coming on the heels of a thrilling month of fight action that was capped off by a Halloween knockout parade, November has big shoes to fill. As boxing ...
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Loma vs Lopez: Winner Takes All
To say there’s a great deal at stake for this Saturday’s showdown between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez is a bit of an understatement. Loma vs Lopez is ...
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Fight Report: Zepeda vs Baranchyk
Another Saturday night, another quality Top Rank card, but nothing to get too excited about, right? Because let’s face it, the full line up was really just a ...
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The Weekend That Was Podcast (No. 2)
It was a lively weekend in boxing action and we got your podcast recap of all the major results, courtesy of Alden Chodash and Jeffrey Fuss. Topics include: the action-packed ...
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Corona Crossroads: Alvarez vs Smith Preview
Fans of Eleider Alvarez will certainly appreciate the irony of the Columbian-Montrealer having his most active year as a pro since 2017 under the shadow of COVID-19. The ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 42
Time for a new edition of our podcast, hosted, as always, by Alden Chodash. On this episode, the focus is on the recently announced Showtime boxing schedule, which ...
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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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Wilder vs Fury II: The Fight City Picks
Their first battle in December of 2018 was an entertaining and surprisingly dramatic tilt with an unforgettable final round, but the draw verdict at the end left many ...
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Atlantic City Fight Night: Smith Jr. Batters Hart
Atlantic City is not a town that does “slick.” Its charm is in a nostalgia for the 1950s, the Rat Pack era, wise guys and dance crazes, big ...
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The Crawford Question
When a fighter who many consider to be, pound-for-pound, the best in the world defends his title at Madison Square Garden, it should be a big deal. But ...
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Canelo vs Kovalev: What We Learned
It was an unlikely and unexpected event before it became one of the most anticipated showdowns of the year. Canelo vs Kovalev: a crossroads fight with major implications ...
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The Weekend That Was: Haney, Fury, Serrano & More
Another weekend of boxing is in the books and we got your recap of the major action starting with an impressive performance at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater ...
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Fight Report: Lopez vs Nakatani
The only thing better than highlight reel knockouts are highlight reel knockouts delivered on a regular basis. At age 21, Teofimo Lopez finds himself at the precipice of ...
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Fight Report: Stevenson vs Guevara
In a night of New Jersey homecomings, Newark native and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson made quick work of late replacement Alberto Guevara, scoring a knockout in ...
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Barriers To Entry: Why Superfights Are So Difficult To Make
To say that boxing is not as popular as it once was is to utter an obvious truth to those that know and understand the history. I’m referring ...
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It’s Your Move, Bud!
If we say it too loudly we might just jinx it, but we have to give credit where it’s due: Al Haymon’s PBC at long last figured out ...
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Michael Conlan: Irish Ambition
At the end of every Olympic cycle, a horde of bluechip prospects storms boxing’s pro ranks hoping to secure marquee promotional backing and begin the quest for glory ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 11
Welcome to another edition of The Fight City podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash, who this week is joined by site founder and editor Michael Carbert, as well as Derik Santos, trainer ...
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Fight Report: Pacquiao vs Matthysse
The Event It is easy to forget that Pacquiao vs Matthysse is a match that fight fans have been waiting for since 2013. Before Lucas Matthysse’s trail of ...
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The PacMan’s Last Hurrah?
Yes, it’s hard to believe, but it’s July of 2018 and, for better or for worse, it’s another Manny Pacquiao “Fight Week.” Pacquiao vs Matthysse. It’s going down, ...
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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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The Weekend That Was
Some major title fights went down on Friday and Saturday, so we present to you a concise round-up of the most significant results. Check it out: Regis Prograis ...
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Crawford Defeats Indongo: Case Closed
As it was with the infamous knockout streak which defined Gennady Golovkin’s prime, the failure to revel in the present with Terence Crawford is tempting. Last night, Crawford ...
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No One Should Cry For El Chacal
Guillermo Rigondeaux is a fighter either too good for his own good, or one whose ego is too big for his own benefit. There is a fascinating divide ...
