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Born on this day: Lennox Lewis

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02
Sep

Born on this day: Lennox Lewis

British by birth, Jamaican by heritage, Canadian by adoption, and worldwide ambassador for the sport of boxing. Former Olympic gold...

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10
Aug

Born on this day: Riddick Bowe

Boxing still has a lot of unanswered questions. Although it is not one of the most pressing ones, the question...

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11
Jul

On this day: MSG melee follows Golota disqualification against Riddick Bowe

Arguably the most notorious night in modern boxing history. On July 11, 1996, former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe was the beneficiary...

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05
Apr

Best I Covered – Jim Lampley

In recent years, boxing has been filled with many voids both in and out of the ring that are irreplaceable....

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06
Oct

Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and the great glamour division trilogies

Spectacular action, controversy and the downright bizarre have been hallmarks of boxing history’s greatest heavyweight trilogies. Tyson Fury, The Ring Magazine...

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22
Aug

Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad enter the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame

Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad have done enough throughout their careers to have a wing of their own in...

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11
Jul

A quarter-century ago, first Bowe-Golota fight could have been a great upset instead of just upsetting

Not long after the first pairing of former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe and Andrew Golota were central figures in an...

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07
Dec

Tito Trinidad tops the list of 2021 inductees to the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame

The Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (ACBHOF) on Monday announced its 2021 class, topped by Felix “Tito” Trinidad. Trindad will...

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22
Jun

Dougie’s Monday Mailbag (Rocky Marciano, Caleb Plant, heavyweight rankings)

RATING MARCIANO AND THE ‘SMALL’ HEAVYWEIGHTS Hi Doug, First time writer, but longtime reader. Thanks for providing bright spots during the virus-caused...

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15
Jun

Best I Faced: Tyrell Biggs

Former amateur star Tyrell Biggs never lived up to his vast potential as a professional, partly due to his party-going...

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