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

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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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23
Dec

Born on this day: Barney Ross

Fighter, gangster, soldier, hero. A multiple division champion, an unstoppable fighting machine, and the battling pride of his country and...

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12
Dec

Born on this day: Henry Armstrong

If you know him for being the only man to hold three belts simultaneously, you only know half of his...

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26
Aug

Born on this day: Ceferino Garcia

He was the most feared and avoided Filipino fighter before Manny Pacquiao – and the winningest ever, even today. And...

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10
Feb

To Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (40-31)

If you’re new to this on-going series, please read: The Introduction. (Seriously, if you’re posting questions like “What does the asterisk...

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29
Jun

Dougie’s Monday Mailbag (Jarrell Miller, PED penalties, bantamweight greats, best resumes ever)

BIG BABY NEEDS A DIAPER CHANGE Dougie, I hope this email finds you and yours well. I'm loving the return of live boxing!...

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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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24
Oct

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

Fans ask why Bernard Hopkins and Gerald McClellan never fought, who are the greatest Jewish boxers and other questions in the Monday mailbag.

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