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Died on this day: Floyd Patterson

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11
May

Died on this day: Floyd Patterson

 He was fast as a welterweight, as mobile as a flyweight, and a two-fisted heavyweight puncher who became one of...

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12
Jan

Born on this day: Joe Frazier

Olympian, world champion, KO artist, and nemesis to The Greatest. The great Joe Frazier was born on a day like...

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02
Aug

Dougie’s Monday Mailbag (Leigh Wood, Dennis Andries, Joe Frazier-Buster Mathis ‘What If?’)

YES, XU CAN, LEIGH WOOD! Hi Dougie, Don't know if you saw it on DAZN but Leigh Wood looked like he'd sucked...

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29
Mar

55 years ago tonight, Bob Arum did the most challenging promotion of his career

Fifty five years ago, on this night, the most difficult to get off the runway show Bob Arum ever promoted...

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05
Jun

Dougie’s Friday Mailbag (Ken Norton, best heavyweights of the 1970s, Hector Lopez)

KEN NORTON Hey Dougie, Want to estimate with you Ken Norton’s legacy and ATG status. Will you agree with the vast majority...

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28
May

Dougie’s Monday mailbag (Canelo-GGG burnout & the middleweight mix, Sor Rungvisai & boxer heartbreak, Loma vs. Pac)

GGG-CANELO BURNOUT How’s it going Dougie? Hope all is well. I’ve been reading too much on Canelo vs GGG. Honestly, if it...

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04
Apr

Bob Arum the best ever, to this point

Think Bob Arum is controversial today? When the promoter started his career 50 years ago his parents’ neighbors wouldn’t even talk to them.

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20
Mar

Best I’ve Faced: George Chuvalo

George Chuvalo, the perennial 1960s and ’70s heavyweight contender who fought Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, among other hall of famers, reminisced about the best fighters he faced with detailed memory and insurmountable pride with RingTV.com

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16
Oct

Chess match or fireworks? Insider picks on Alvarado-Provodinov

WBO junior welerweight titleholder Mike Alvarado and challenger Ruslan Provodnikov are set to wage a fight-of-the-year-caliber battle on HBO on Saturday night. Or are they? Alvarado believes he can box Provodnikov if need be?

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10
Oct

Cruz looks to be boxing’s first openly gay champion

Puerto Rican Orlando Cruz, who is gay, said “I’m going to make history” by defeating Mexican Orlando Salido for the WBO’s featherweight belt on Saturday.

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