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On This Day: Henry Armstrong wins welterweight championship from Barney Ross

31
May

On This Day: Henry Armstrong wins welterweight championship from Barney Ross

On this day, May 31, 85 years ago, Henry Armstrong lifted the welterweight crown from Barney Ross at the Madison...

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28
Feb

To Be The Best Addendum: From Baby Arizmendi to Diego Corrales

The process of researching and compiling results for the Centennial study of rankings in the pages of The Ring meant...

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27
Nov

Dougie’s Friday Mailbag (Tyson vs. Jones, Sammy Angott, El Alacron)

WHY IS TYSON THE FAVORITE? Hi Dougie, hope you are doing well. I just can't get my head around the fact that...

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15
Feb

1930’s Boxing Trivia by Ring Magazine

Joe Louis, arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time, and Henry Armstrong, one of the finest pound-for-pound, had some excellent...

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06
May

From THE RING Magazine: The Mexican pioneers

Canelo Alvarez is only the latest in a line of stars to emerge from Mexico. Here’s a look at five of the pioneers, going all the way back to the 1920s.

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