Carmen Basilio-Sugar Ray Robinson 2: Warfare never to be seen again
A lot has happened in boxing over the past 63 years. Much change has been initiated. Where once there were...
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Implosion of Trump Plaza the end of a once-glorious era in Atlantic City boxing
Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, constructed in 1929 at a cost of $15 million and renovated over a 3½-year period (at...
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Rene Jacquot shocker over Donald Curry forever overshadowed by Douglas KO of Tyson
What a difference a year makes. Fight fans everywhere remember the biggest upset in boxing history – heck, maybe the biggest...
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Perception of Muhammad Ali shifted after cruel battering of Ernie Terrell
Anyone who has ever watched a National Geographic wildlife documentary understands that nature is necessarily savage in the animal kingdom....
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George Foreman now realizes he is boxing’s January Man
It may be happenstance, but certain fighters sometimes tend to be associated with particular months. For Evander Holyfield, that month...
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Fifty years after shocking Jose Napoles, Billy Backus accepts role as Carmen Basilio’s sidekick
Batman had Robin, the Lone Ranger had Tonto and Sherlock Holmes had Dr. Watson. All things considered, there are worse...
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Hector Camacho’s unique story hardly could be condensed into a mere 90 minutes
Given my dealings with the late Hector “Macho” Camacho over the course of the years our professional lives intersected, I...
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Aaron Pryor-Alexis Arguello 1 was the top fight of the 1980s, and one of the best ever
They are both gone now, perhaps too soon given their chronological ages at the time of their earthly departures. But...
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50 years ago, Muhammad Ali launched a comeback unlike any other vs. Jerry Quarry
They were the most famous heavyweights of their eras, lightning rods for global attention and no small amount of domestic...
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No, Bernard Hopkins hasn’t forgotten his first time
They say you never forget your first time. There have been a lot of first times for Bernard Hopkins in both...
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