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Best I Faced: Al Cole  

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28
Jun

Best I Faced: Al Cole  

Rangy technician Al Cole was an excellent cruiserweight titleholder, but he was unable to replicate his success when he stepped...

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09
Mar

On this day: Tim Witherspoon wins vacant WBC heavyweight title, outpoints Greg Page

It was the first time in boxing history that three men could lay claim to the heavyweight thrown. On March 9,...

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08
Mar

KO Magazine 1986: Larry Holmes challenges Mike Tyson to non-title bout Pt. 2

Editor's Note: This Larry Holmes interview originally appeared in the December 1986 issue of KO Magazine. It was conducted before...

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13
Apr

Tim Witherspoon: The Greatest Hits

There are two very different sides to the Tim Witherspoon story. The gifted boxer-puncher from South Philadelphia became only the third...

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08
Dec

Best I Faced: James Bonecrusher Smith

Big-punching James "Bonecrusher" Smith was a late bloomer who regularly tested himself against the best of his generation and was...

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24
Aug

Dougie’s Monday Mailbag (Povetkin KOs Whyte, Taylor-Persoon 2, Smith stops Alvarez)

WHYTE-POVETKIN OUT-DID TAYLOR-PERSOON 2 Dear Dougie, I hope you are well. As you may remember from previous mailbags, I was really excited about...

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20
May

Larry Holmes-Tim Witherspoon: The greatest heavyweight championship fight of the 1980s?

Two undefeated heavyweights, elite-level skills, wonderful ring craft, dramatic ebb and flow, and The Ring Magazine Round of the Year....

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04
May

Dougie’s Monday Mailbag (Mythical Matchups, ’80s heavyweights, Tyson vs. Witherspoon)

QUARANTINE QUERIES Good afternoon Dougie, Writing poolside in my cutoff Maxboxing shirt. Speaking of the good old days with the quarantine...

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19
Mar

Larry Holmes’ Greatest Hits: Easton Assassinations

Editor's Note: This feature originally appeared in the January 2020 issue of The Ring Magazine LARRY HOLMES USED GUTS, INTELLIGENCE AND...

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19
Jun

Bernard Hopkins first Hall of Fame induction begins where everything started

The circle is perfect, as all loops are, free of jagged edges and ridges here and there, unlike the man’s...

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