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Outside the Ropes

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Outside the Ropes

WHAT’S IN A NAME In 1921, a councilman in a largely Polish neighborhood in southwest Detroit secured $135,000 from the city...

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Velvet Hammer

SOME APPRECIATED ANDRE WARD, SOME DIDN’T, BUT EVERYONE AGREES HE WAS ONE THING: A WINNER Andre Ward has always seemed to...

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RING Ratings Package

FIGHTER OF THE MONTH WISAKSIL WANGEK By Michael Rosenthal Roman Gonzalez might’ve moved up one too many weight classes. The little Nicaraguan hero...

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The Feast of St. Tony

LOCAL ROYALTY TONY DEMARCO STILL PRESIDES OVER BOSTON’S NORTH END April 1, 1955. “Don’t worry,” Tony DeMarco told his corner. “I’ll...

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Across the Pond

NO-BRAINER ANTHONY JOSHUA WAS THE CLEAR CHOICE FOR TOP YEAR-END HONORS IN THE U.K. Little surprise that Anthony Joshua was named the...

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New Faces: Ryan Garcia

MAKINGS OF A STAR? RYAN GARCIA HAS A LOT GOING FOR HIM. NOW HE JUST HAS TO WIN. Ryan Garcia was in...

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Women’s Boxing

FANTASTIC FIGHTS THE FIVE GREATEST BRAWLS OF ALL TIME When the topic of “best fights of all time” is broached, the debates...

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Ringside Reports

WISAKSIL WANGEK KO 4 ROMAN GONZALEZ Date: Sept. 9 Site: StubHub Center, Carson, Calif. Division: Junior bantamweight Weights: Wangek 115 pounds, Gonzalez 114.8 RING ratings...

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