Category: Featurepost

Sept. 27, 1980: Hagler vs Minter

Sept. 27, 1980: Hagler vs Minter

For too long Marvelous Marvin Hagler had been denied, ignored and unjustly sidelined while lesser middleweights had got the big opportunities and the big money. For too long Hagler
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Work On Your Jab

Work On Your Jab

As a verb and noun for a poke or thrust, the word “jab” entered the English language some two hundred years ago. The term has various meanings, but a
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Ali vs Usyk: Could “The Cat” Have Beaten “The Greatest”?

Ali vs Usyk: Could “The Cat” Have Beaten “The Greatest”?

The current undisputed heavyweight boxing monarch is the undefeated southpaw from  Simferopol, Crimea, in the Ukraine, Oleksandr Usyk, aka “The Cat.” He turned pro in late 2013, but had
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Top 12 All-Time Biggest And Best Middleweight Fights

Top 12 All-Time Biggest And Best Middleweight Fights

With yesterday being the anniversary of one of the greatest fights of all-time in the middleweight division, seems like now is as good a time as any to look
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Sept. 23, 1957: Robinson vs Basilio

Sept. 23, 1957: Robinson vs Basilio

The great Sugar Ray Robinson had retired from boxing, had been singing and tap-dancing for three years. He didn’t have much success, so he came back to the ring
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Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I

Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I

After a record breaking reign atop the big man division, the great Joe Louis finally retired in 1948, and in the years immediately following, boxing struggled to find someone
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The Long Count

The Long Count

It has been almost a century since the historic rematch between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey on a brisk September evening at Chicago’s Soldier Field in 1927, and in
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Sept. 21, 1985: Holmes vs Spinks I

Sept. 21, 1985: Holmes vs Spinks I

In March of 1985, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes scored a tenth round stoppage of undefeated contender David Bey and then immediately announced that he was done. As in, finished.
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Willie Pep: Subtle Sophistication

Willie Pep: Subtle Sophistication

Yesterday was a special day for hardcore fight fans as we marked the anniversary of the birth of one of boxing’s singular talents, the greatest featherweight of all-time, and
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Sept. 19, 1980: Pintor vs Owen

Sept. 19, 1980: Pintor vs Owen

For those who had never seen Johnny Owen perform, the impossibly thin and impossibly pale man who made his way to the ring in the Olympic Auditorium in Los
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