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Toney vs McCallum

Aug. 29, 1992: Toney vs McCallum

August 29, 2021September 1, 2021 Ronnie McCluskey 3 Comments Dave Tiberi, Eddie Futch, Evander Holyfield, George Foreman, HBO, James Toney, joe cortez, Mike McCallum, Reggie Johnson, Reno, Toney vs McCallum, Vassily Jirov

Some would argue that James Toney’s first victory over Mike McCallum, which also happened to be his final defense of his

McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent

January 23, 2020September 14, 2021 Ronnie McCluskey 5 Comments Andre Ward, Carl Froch, Erik Morales, Evander Holyfield, Ezzard Charles, Floyd Mayweather, Gary Russell Jr., Guillermo Rigondeaux, Iran Barkley, James Toney, jason sosa, Jersey Joe Walcott, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao, Marco Antonio Barrera, Nicholas Walters, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricardo Lopez, Roberto Duran, Roman Gonzalez, Roy Jones Jr., Sergey Kovalev, Vassily Jirov

Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time

Fight Report: Usyk vs Bellew

November 11, 2018October 11, 2020 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Adonis Stevenson, Dillian Whyte, Eddie Hearn, Evander Holyfield, James Toney, Manchester, Manchester Arena, Oleksandr Usyk, Tony Bellew, Usyk vs Bellew, Vassily Jirov

The Event: The fallacy of the cruiserweight division lies in the fact that it has never quite broken free of

June 20, 1980: Duran vs Leonard I

June 20, 2021June 22, 2021 Michael Carbert 13

Time waits for no one, as the old cliché goes, a statement whose meaning the young can barely grasp and

April 30, 1928: Sharkey vs Delaney

April 30, 2021May 3, 2021 David Como 2

The day after the fight, James A. Farley, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, states there will be

April 5, 1915: Johnson vs Willard

April 5, 2021April 7, 2021 Michael Carbert 14

It is not for nothing that late scribe Jimmy Cannon called boxing “the red light district of sports.” Pugilism is

May 19, 1985: Gomez vs Lockridge

May 19, 2021July 26, 2021 Michael Carbert 1

In recent years the late Rocky Lockridge unfortunately became as well-known for his appearance on the television show “Intervention” and