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Died on this day: Fritzie Zivic

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16
May

Died on this day: Fritzie Zivic

In today’s boxing world, most fighters end their careers well before their 65th fight. This guy had 65 losses. And among the...

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14
Feb

On this day: Ray Robinson stops Jake LaMotta in infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

Ever since The Bronx Bull took his 0, Sugar swore to wipe that bitterness away with a demolishing vengeance. He got...

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19
Sep

Died on this day: Jake LaMotta

You know you are a legend when it takes not one but two cinematic masterpieces to encompass all your greatness,...

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13
Sep

On this day: Jake LaMotta scores miracle 15th-round knockout over Laurent Dauthuille

You’re exhausted. You’re behind on points. You need a knockout. The opponent has never been stopped. You have less than...

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22
Jul

Born on this day: Marcel Cerdan

 Sometimes, it takes a poet to inspire a poet, a writer to inspire a writer or a painter to inspire...

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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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14
Feb

Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta VI: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre 70 years later

Seventy years ago today, one of boxing's most celebrated rivalries came to a emphatically violent end, an end that confirmed...

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13
Sep

Jake LaMotta proved boxing’s Hail Marys unlike those in any other sport

The term “Hail Mary” has become a familiar part of the lexicon of sport, dating back to the 1920s but...

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05
May

From The Archive: Sugar Ray Robinson dethrones The Bronx Bull, Jake LaMotta

Editor's Note: This feature originally appeared in the April 1951 issue of The Ring Magazine. By Nat Fleischer RAY ROBINSON’S decisive victory...

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15
Feb

1940’s Boxing Trivia by Ring Magazine

Sugar Ray Robinson, takes the boxing world by storm, Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano produce a legendary middleweight trilogy, and...

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