1970’s Boxing Trivia from Ring Magazine
The 1970s saw the emergence of the superfight, with The Fight of the Century, The Rumble in the Jungle and...
read more1960’s Boxing Trivia from Ring Magazine
Early in the 1960s, Sonny Liston took the heavyweight championship from Floyd Patterson and looked set for a very long...
read moreBest I Faced: Jorge Castro
Several adjectives come to mind when trying to define Jorge Castro. He is a “throwback” fighter. An “iron-chinned” warrior. An awkward...
read moreDougie’s Monday mailbag (Naoya Inoue, Nonito Donaire, World Boxing Super Series)
INOUE VS. DONAIRE Hey Doug, Been many, many years since I last wrote to yourself. Not since the glorious Maxboxing days when you...
read more20-20 vision – The greatest fighter from Panama: Roberto Duran
The Ring continues its look back at the greatest fighters ever from 20 nations. Next up is Panama.
read moreThe greatest fight card in boxing history: Part 1
“That’s crazy, so many great fighters, that’s blew my mind!” This was the reaction of former five-weight world champion Sugar Ray...
read moreBernard Hopkins first Hall of Fame induction begins where everything started
The circle is perfect, as all loops are, free of jagged edges and ridges here and there, unlike the man’s...
read moreSpence and Garcia make weight, but Roberto Duran steals the show
Apart from there being no scale fail from Errol Spence or Mikey Garcia, maybe the best part of the Friday...
read moreSugar Ray Leonard reminisces on glory days when assessing Errol Spence-Mikey Garcia showdown
Sugar Ray Leonard reviews Spence-Garcia and shares his own experiences of being the larger man and the smaller man.
read moreDavid vs. Goliath: A boxing history lesson
Before Saturday, when 135-pound titlist Mikey Garcia faces 147-pound beltholder Errol Spence Jr., we revisit boxing’s most notable ‘David vs. Goliath’ tales.
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