Charles Saunders
208 articles · Boxscorenews.com
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Before He Was “The Greatest”
I count myself as fortunate to possess a collection of boxing magazines dating back to the 1920s – though, admittedly, I have only a couple of that vintage. Those magazines open a…
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The Heavy Seventies
Back in 2008, one of the featured articles in The Ring magazine was a division-by-division analysis of “The Best Eras in Boxing History,” by British writer Gavin Evans. Evans’s pick for the…
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Ali: Before He Was “The Greatest”
SONAHR: March 30, 2018 - I count myself as fortunate to possess a collection of boxing magazines dating back to the 1920s ? though, admittedly, I have only a couple of that…
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Crawford chases greatness
SONAHR: LAS VEGAS, Nevada - July 25, 2016 - There are two kinds of one-sided fights that go the distance. One kind is boring, because one of the participants is so superior…
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Wilder wins, but hand woes continue
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - July 17, 2016 - Deontay Wilder, the ?Bronze Bomber,? retained his WBC heavyweight title ? and his undefeated record ? with an eighth-round TKO over shopworn slugger Chris…
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Thurman wins war with Porter
SONAHR: LAS VEGAS, NV - June 26, 2016 - The standard for recent welterweight wars was set when Sugar Ray Leonard came from behind on points to score an amazing 14th-round stoppage…
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Pro Boxers in the Olympics? No Way!
SONAHR: June 12, 2016 - Vasyl Lomachenko is probably the best fighter ever to sport a record of 6-1 (4 KOs) as a professional. On Friday, he won the WBO super-featherweight (or,…
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The Four Eras of Muhammad Ali
SONAHR: HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - June 5, 2016 - This past Friday, the long goodbye of three-time heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali, who was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. in…
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Dirty Dozen: Boxing’s 12 Worst Heavyweight Champions
SONAHR: May 16, 2016 - Debates over who were the greatest heavyweight champions of all time have been raging since the gaslight era of John L. Sullivan and ?Gentleman Jim? Corbett. Jack…
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Is GGG Too Goood For His Own GGGood?
SONAHR: April 24, 2016 - WBA ?super? and IBF middleweight champion Gennady (GGG) Golovkin?s reign of terror continued on Saturday as he dispatched yet another hopeless challenger in short order. This time,…
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Three Crossroads Contests
SONAHR: April 17, 2016 - In the sport of boxing, crossroads contests can have more than one meaning. Three such bouts took place on Saturday, each of which was significant in its…
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Pacquiao ends on high note, Joshua starts on one
SONAHR: April 10, 2016 - If Manny Pacquiao?s clash with Timothy Bradley on Saturday was, indeed, the Pacman?s finale, he has ended his storied boxing saga on a high note. In his…
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Treasures from the Boxing Vault
SONAHR: April 3, 2016 - Whenever I count my blessings, one of them is the huge collection of Ring and other boxing magazines in my possession, some of them dating back to…
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Easy Win For Ward
SONAHR: March 27, 2016 - If names could win fights, light-heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera would go into each of his bouts with an insuperable advantage. His first name evokes John L. Sullivan,…
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Three Coming Attractions
SONAHR: March 20, 2016 - This month is reserved for hoops fans, as the NCAA college basketball tournament unfolds. While boxing fans can enjoy the drama of March Madness, we can also…
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Post-Klitschko chaos continues
SONAHR: LAS VEGAS, Nevada - March 6, 2016 - Oh, to be a heavyweight in the post-Wladimir Klitschko era. Of course, this new era might be temporarily interrupted if Klitschko, the long-time…
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One Star Shines, Two Glimmer
SONAHR: February 29, 2016 - As the second month of 2016 closes out, three rising stars in the fistic firmament had a chance to shine on Saturday. One of those hopefuls came…
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Joe Lewis, Jessie Owens and Race
SONAHR: February 21, 2016 - This weekend, a movie about legendary track-and-field star Jesse Owens made its debut. The title of the film is Race, and it chronicles the life of Owens…
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Pound for Pound, Hall of Fame II
SONAHR: HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - February 14, 2016 - This year?s crop of inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame is a middling one ? not outstanding, but not head-shakingly questionable,…
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Five Fighters To Watch
SONAHR: February 7, 2016 - For boxing fans, this new year has gotten off to a rather slow start. But the tempo will pick up later this month, with a title-unification showdown…