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Has Wilder suddenly become the ?A Side? against AJ?

We will see who marches to whose marching orders, but for now, Wilder suddenly seems to have become the owner of the ?A Side? status? Off th…

Thu, 09 Nov 2017

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The Boxer that had the Most Charisma? Ali in a Romp but Not Unanimous

In previous surveys, we asked a set of respondents to name their favorite boxing book, favorite fighter, favorite fight, and favorite round.…

Wed, 11 Oct 2017

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Boxers Who Enjoyed Career Success After A Dip

Widely recognized as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez was on the cusp of achieving some major mil…

Wed, 04 Oct 2017

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Keeping Boxing in Perspective

So far, 2017 has been a spectacular year for boxing with the best fighting the best in great fights and with still more to come. Exciting fi…

Wed, 27 Sep 2017

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40 Noted Boxing Buffs Recall Their Favorite Round of Boxing

PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SERIES: In previous stories, we asked a set of respondents to name their favorite boxing book, favorite fight, and fa…

Thu, 07 Sep 2017

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Twenty-Five Noted Boxing Buffs Name Their Favorite Boxing Book

I recently asked a number of sage boxing people the following: ?If you had to select ONE boxing book as your favorite, what would it be?? So…

Sat, 05 Aug 2017

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The Boxer Who Morphed From ?The Baron? to ?The Animal? to ?The Rat?

In 1945, the police arrested 14-year-old Joe Barboza for breaking and entering. He was packed off to the infamous Lyman Reform School in Wes…

Wed, 26 Jul 2017

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Vernon Forrest: A Special Kind of Person

?These are people that society turned their back on. Everybody needs help and everybody needs love?? ?If you sit there and watch a person ta…

Tue, 25 Jul 2017

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Career Definers: These Boxers Will Always Be Identified With These Bouts

Most boxers have that one (or two) fights that define their careers. Of course none can top Buster Douglas when it comes to that one fight t…

Thu, 20 Jul 2017

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So Who?s Your Favorite Boxer? 15 Sage Boxing Buffs Make Their Picks

Recently this question was posed to me and my answer was almost Pavlovian. Vasyl Lomachenko is my favorite because of his athleticism and re…

Thu, 13 Jul 2017

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When The Gates Opened for the Great Flood of Eastern European Boxers

Difficult-to-pronounce Eastern European names that often end in a ?v? ?y? or ?o? now dot the boxing landscape. And there are plenty of impos…

Sat, 01 Jul 2017

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Vinnie Curto vs. Roger Phillips: Our Tale Begins With This Tawdry Mismatch

There is nothing ?Rockyesque? about this tale. No, this about two boxers who went through varying degrees of hell in their personal lives. O…

Thu, 22 Jun 2017

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Menayothin Closing on Mayweather?s 49-0 Record

Underneath the glitter and hype of Canelo vs. Golovkin, the prospect of Mayweather vs. McGregor, and the reality of Kovalev vs. Ward, someth…

Tue, 06 Jun 2017

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The Year 2009 Was a Year of Shock and Sadness in Boxing

It started in the early morning hours of April 27, 2009, when former WBA heavyweight champion Greg Page, 50, died at home in Louisville. His…

Thu, 25 May 2017

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Getting to the Sunshine: The Ricky Womack Story

THE RICKY WOMACK STORY ? Thomas Boswell, the respected sports columnist of the Washington Post, once predicted that the 1984 U.S. Olympic bo…

Thu, 11 May 2017

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No Country for Old Men: Part Eight

Sometimes a fighter grows old overnight notwithstanding his chronological age. The odometer may have run up too many miles or the reflexes h…

Tue, 09 May 2017

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Is the Shine coming off Ortiz?

Luis Ortiz (27-0) was fined and suspended for eight months by the Nevada State Athletic Commission in 2014, after a urine sample taken after…

Wed, 26 Apr 2017

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The Freak Show: Bad Juju for Big George Foreman

One of the most bizarre events in the history of heavyweight boxing took place 32 years ago this week. On April 26, 1975 in Toronto, George …

Tue, 25 Apr 2017

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No Country for Old Men: Part Seven

This past Saturday, April 22, in Legionowo, Poland, Krzysztof Zimnoch improved to 22-1-1 with a second round KO of 6?7? Michael ?Big? Grant …

Tue, 25 Apr 2017

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No Country for Old Men: Part Six

Bobby Gunn, 43, makes another appearance in this series as he met and KOd hapless 41-year-old James ?Jammin??? Morrow (12-21-3) in a 12-roun…

Tue, 18 Apr 2017