Tag: Boxing History

R.I.P Joe Bugner, The Underrated Heavyweight Passes Away At 75

R.I.P Joe Bugner, The Underrated Heavyweight Passes Away At 75

It’s sad news, it’s been reported that yet another member of the glorious heavyweight golden era that … continue R.I.P Joe Bugner, The Underrated Heavyweight Passes Away At 75
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On This Day: A Date That Saw One Heavyweight Legend Pass Away, And Another Born – Marciano And Shavers

On This Day: A Date That Saw One Heavyweight Legend Pass Away, And Another Born – Marciano And Shavers

Two heavyweight sluggers, neither of them still with us, share an important date. Heavyweight warrior, puncher, and … continue On This Day: A Date That Saw One Heavyweight Legend
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The Time The Great Thomas Hearns Was Serious About Fighting Mike Tyson! (And Emanuel Steward Talked Him Out Of It)

The Time The Great Thomas Hearns Was Serious About Fighting Mike Tyson! (And Emanuel Steward Talked Him Out Of It)

Rewind to the summer of 1991, and all-time great Thomas Hearns was riding another high; the 32-year-old … continue The Time The Great Thomas Hearns Was Serious About Fighting
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Big Celebration Planned For Manila On The 50th Anniversary Of Ali-Frazier III

Big Celebration Planned For Manila On The 50th Anniversary Of Ali-Frazier III

Manila, the Philippines – the place to be as far as boxing fans, the world’s press and … continue Big Celebration Planned For Manila On The 50th Anniversary Of
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Remembering The Money Fight

Remembering The Money Fight

Time flies, doesn’t it? Hard to believe it was eight years ago, a long time in athletic terms, and for many it’s even harder to recall why they got
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Middleweights

The middleweights have traditionally been regarded as one of boxing’s true “glamour” divisions, boasting some of the best talent to ever lace ’em up and some of the fight
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James Toney at 57: Why “Lights Out” Still Stands Tall Among Boxing’s Greats

James Toney at 57: Why “Lights Out” Still Stands Tall Among Boxing’s Greats

Let’s take another look back at the quite awesome fighting ability a certain James Nathaniel Toney possessed … continue James Toney at 57: Why “Lights Out” Still Stands Tall
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Aug. 22, 1957: Patterson vs Rademacher

It is hardly controversial to say that 1976’s Rocky is the most identifiable boxing movie of all time. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture that year; it
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Aug. 17, 1938: Armstrong vs Ambers I

Aug. 17, 1938: Armstrong vs Ambers I

There is only one way to become a truly great boxer and that is to compete against other truly great boxers. Back in the day, if a fighter was
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On The Great Eddie Futch

On The Great Eddie Futch

Earlier this month serious fight fans and boxing history buffs tipped their hats and raised a glass to the memory of the late, great Eddie Futch as they marked the
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