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On this Day: Lennox Lewis robbed in New York, held to contentious draw with Evander Holyfield

13
Mar

On this Day: Lennox Lewis robbed in New York, held to contentious draw with Evander Holyfield

The victim was 6-foot-5, 245 pounds, and the perpetrators didn’t even use a gun. On March 13, 1999, Lennox Lewis produced...

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08
Mar

KO Magazine 1986: Larry Holmes challenges Mike Tyson to non-title bout Pt. 2

Editor's Note: This Larry Holmes interview originally appeared in the December 1986 issue of KO Magazine. It was conducted before...

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29
Jan

Ilunga Makabu hangs on to WBC cruiserweight belt with split decision over Thabiso Mchunu

Ilunga Makabu retained his WBC cruiserweight title - and a potentially valuable chip in the division - by a controversial...

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26
Jan

Thabiso Mchunu aims to getting it right this time against Ilunga Makabu

Skilled southpaw Thabiso Mchunu will challenge IIunga Makabu for the WBC cruiserweight title at the Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio...

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20
Aug

Don King at 90: A legend nears the finish line

Some years ago, when he was still at or near his harrumphing, bombastic best, legendary promoter Don King chastised a...

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29
Jul

Best I Faced: Verno Phillips

Battle-hardened veteran Verno Phillips held three portions of the junior middleweight title during the 1990s and early to mid 2000s,...

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29
Apr

Bernard Hopkins-Segundo Mercado 2: The Executioner reflects on first world title win 26 years later

The dictionary definition of “serendipity” is the occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. With the 26th...

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03
Feb

‘Fighting Words’ — The WBA Is The Cause, Don King Was Just The Symptom

The fact that Bermane Stiverne was in a "title fight" in the year of our lord 2021 could best be...

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29
Jan

Don King pulls off his weirdest boxing card ever (with help from the WBA, Florida commission)

It was a better bout than probably most anyone thought it would or could be going in. And, that it even...

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29
Jan

Trevor Bryan Wins Secondary Heavyweight Belt, Stopping Stiverne on Don King PPV

The main event of a $20 pay-per-view on a show titled “Return to Greatness” featured a pair of flabby, inactive...

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