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Born on this day: Willie Pep

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19
Sep

Born on this day: Willie Pep

One of the most elusive fighters of all time would have turned 100 years old today. Willie Pep was born Guglielmo...

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02
Aug

Born on this day: Ike Williams

As a kid from a family in dire need, he sold newspapers in street corners to help make ends meet....

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19
Mar

On this day: Sammy Angott defeats 62-0 Willie Pep

They don’t make them like this anymore. On March 19, 1943, former lightweight world champion Sammy Angott became the first man...

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11
Feb

To Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (30-21)

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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27
Nov

Dougie’s Friday Mailbag (Tyson vs. Jones, Sammy Angott, El Alacron)

WHY IS TYSON THE FAVORITE? Hi Dougie, hope you are doing well. I just can't get my head around the fact that...

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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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24
Jan

Dougie’s Friday mailbag (Williams-Rosario, Boxer vs. MMA fighter hype, greatest records)

JULIAN WILLIAMS-JEISON ROSARIO Hi Doug, hope you are doing well. I was disappointed not to read any comments about the biggest fight...

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13
Sep

Commentary: Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s place among the modern greats

RingTV.com editor Doug Fischer shares his thoughts on compiling a list of the 20 greatest boxers since World War II for a story that appears in the October 2014 issue of THE RING and explains why Floyd Mayweather Jr., among other modern-era stars, did not make the cut.

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