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Majestic Mike Gibbons: Master of the Feint

Just three years into his career, Gibbons caught the sometimes highly critical eye of a very significant spectator, Gentleman Jim Corbett? I…

Thu, 10 Mar 2016

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Joe Frazier: Truly Alive at 205

Frazier is the guy who plays havoc with the minds of traditionalists and revisionists alike whenever they shuffle their all-time rankings? W…

Thu, 25 Feb 2016

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Temple of Mystery: The Mind of Freudian Floyd

Why was Patterson so quiet? Why was he so private? Where was the dynamism of Jack Dempsey, the color of Rocky Marciano? In June 1952, after …

Tue, 09 Feb 2016

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Kid Lavigne: Grisly Souvenirs of a Bloody Career

The Kid spoke most humorously about the grisly souvenirs he collected and their deceptively positive effect on his well-being? When it comes…

Thu, 28 Jan 2016

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Gennady Golovkin Captures Boxing.com Fighter of the Year Award

Golovkin was the clear favorite of our readers and writers as he romped away from Roman Gonzalez, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Viktor Postol? B…

Wed, 06 Jan 2016

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Perpetual Motion: The Slashing Fists of Vicente Saldivar

A miniature powerhouse of a man with the upper body of a welterweight, Saldivar imposed his presence on opponents from the outset? Who can b…

Sun, 27 Dec 2015

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Gosh, Josh, You Were Pretty Good!

There is something about Adonis-like fighters that always makes us wonder if they will shatter like marble when seriously struck? Is Anthony…

Wed, 16 Dec 2015

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Strange Fruit on the Middleweight Tree

We shake our heads at such dreadful tragedies, gripped by a na?ve belief that such men are somehow ageless and invincible and will outlive u…

Sat, 12 Dec 2015

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Sheriff Foster: The King with the Killer Punch

Life has finally shot the sheriff, but I don?t doubt that he will rest in peace and be fondly remembered? He was the deputy sheriff of the A…

Tue, 24 Nov 2015

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Doug Jones: The Man Who Nearly Beat Cassius Clay

The determined and business-like Jones was very much his own man. He was never in awe of Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali or anyone else? Had it b…

Fri, 20 Nov 2015

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How to Box in Cuba: The Methods and the Masters

When you examine the Cuban mentality you begin to quickly understand what makes Cuban fighters so exceptional? Before the revolution of 1959…

Thu, 12 Nov 2015

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Philadelphia Jack: Quaker, Faker and Maestro

Arch faker or misunderstood genius? In Jack?s case, the answer would appear to be a tantalizing and befuddling combination of both! Our perc…

Fri, 23 Oct 2015

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Roy Jones Jr.?s Greatness: Where Does He Rate?

Phenomenon or just a fast guy who got away with it in the time that was granted to him? Like beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder? Some …

Thu, 17 Sep 2015

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A Barrel of Talent: Duilio Loi

Duilio was an infernally difficult man to beat and lost just three of his 126 professional fights. Typically, he reversed all three defeats?…

Fri, 04 Sep 2015

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Raging Meteor: Frank ?The Animal? Fletcher

How he soared through the ranks! It was all crash-bang-wallop, blood and guts, thrills and spills? Like a meteor nearing the end of its viol…

Sun, 23 Aug 2015

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Deep Waters: When Thad Went Thud

Jerry Quarry was a 7 to 5 underdog when he squared off with Thad Spencer on February 3, 1968 in Oakland? In the spring of 1966, everything w…

Fri, 07 Aug 2015

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Benny Leonard: Golden Talent from a Golden Age

Along with the great care and precision that Benny brought to his ringcraft was the essential nerve of the gambler? In his excellent book, T…

Tue, 28 Jul 2015

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Fearless: The Incredible Owen Moran

There was a special aura about the laconic youngster, whose cyclonic style of fighting was tempered by wonderfully subtle cleverness? The fa…

Sat, 11 Oct 2014

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Sonny, George and the Indelible Ali Stain

What must it be like when everyone tells you you?re unbeatable? Sonny and George heard that praise so many times that they came to believe i…

Sat, 04 Oct 2014

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Sailor Jack Sharkey: Don?t Give Up the Ship

Travelling back more than a hundred years to Tom?s time, we find that everything was of a more simplistic and brutal nature? ?The bigger the…

Sun, 03 Aug 2014