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Died on this day: Gabriel ‘Flash’ Elorde

02
Jan

Died on this day: Gabriel ‘Flash’ Elorde

He was a tough, non-stop southpaw fighting machine, and quite possibly the greatest Filipino fighters of all time not named...

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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
Feb

To Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (100-91)

James Toney, Wilfred Benitez, Joe Calzaghe, Carmen Basilio and Mike McCallum are among the hall of famers ranked from 100 to 91 in these very special all-time ratings.

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26
Sep

Sandy Saddler-Willie Pep 4: The foul-filled final chapter 70 years later

Imagine, if you can, Russian ballet great Rudolf Nureyev dancing Swan Lake while wearing snowshoes … Michelangelo doing his best to...

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10
Apr

Dougie’s Friday mailbag (Carl Thompson, Four Kings, Pacquiao-Garcia)

BETTER VS. GREATER Afternoon Dougie, Glad to see that you are doing well and keeping up with the handwashing. Hope that things...

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15
Feb

1950’s Boxing Trivia from Ring Magazine

During the 1950s, Rocky Marciano seized the heavyweight throne and was never vanquished, Sugar Ray Robinson won the middleweight championship...

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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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09
Aug

THE RING archive: Leonard-Hearns – Who picked who in “The Showdown”

THE RING Fight Picks go way back. Esteemed colleague, RING ratings panelist and fight pick collector, Anson Wainwright, was probably...

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10
Nov

FROM THE ARCHIVE: Who’s who II

The back of this photo reads, “The Boxing Legends at Fight Night ’94.” Every boxer in the photo — with the exception of George Chuvalo — is in the International Boxing Hall of Fame…

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