Boxing History 07-08

29.12.2008 - 100 Years Ago To The Day Was The ‘White Mans’ Title Ripped Away
25.12.2008 - Heavyweight Groundhog Day
20.12.2008 - Joe Gans: Secrets Of The Old Master

24.11.2008 - Not Fade Away: The Genius Of Bob Fitzsimmons
24.11.2008 - A Perfect Ten
18.11.2008 - Tony DeMarco: A Boston Legend
13.11.2008 - "Cut 'Em Off" - A Look Back At The Most Brutal Heavyweight Title Fight In Boxing History
06.11.2008 - 15 Years Ago Today, "The Real Deal" Avenges His Loss To "Big Daddy" In Second Fight Of Legendary Trilogy
01.11.2008 - Here’s Looking At You, Casablanca: Marcel Cerdan

31.10.2008 - It’s Time for Asians to be Inducted into the Boxing Hall Of Fame
29.10.2008 - 15-Years Ago Today, Bentt TKO 1 Morrison - A Classic Come From Nowhere Win!
27.10.2008 - The Historical Roots of “The Rivalry”
18.10.2008 - Happy Birthday, Thomas Hearns - "The Hitman" Is Fifty Today!
10.10.2008 - Boxing: Chico Vejar: Quintessential ‘50s
08.10.2008 - Bob Satterfield: Let’s Keep the Record Straight
02.10.2008 - It Was Twenty-Eight Years Ago Today - The Tragic Ali-Holmes Fight

30.09.2008 - Stanley Ketchel: The Irresistible Assassin
22.09.2008 - Twenty-Three Years Today: Featherweight Prospect Robinson Pitalúa Drowned in Miami
21.09.2008 - Touching The Void: The Hawk And The Schoolboy In Late ‘82
16.09.2008 - Thirty Years Ago Today - Ali Wins Heavyweight Title For Third Time Vs. Spinks!
14.09.2008 - The Dominant Heavyweights of the decades – 60s-00s
11.09.2008 - It Was Fifteen Years Ago Today - The "Draw!"
10.09.2008 - Tommy Loughran: Poetry in Motion
09.09.2008 - Charley Burley TKO 7 JD Turner
05.09.2008 - Camacho-Duran I: Roberto Got Robbed
03.09.2008 - The Summer Of The Rock And The Cobra
02.09.2008 - Nigel Benn - Great Britain's Most Exciting Fighter Of The Last 20 Years!
01.09.2008 - The Great Rocky Marciano, He Would Have Been 85-Years-Old Today!
01.09.2008 - Hell In The Old West: The Bloody Wars Of Battling Nelson

29.08.2008 - Tough Guys Fight Tough Guys and Ezzard Charles Was Tough
29.08.2008 - Happy Birthday Marlon Starling
25.08.2008 - The Original Slick Willie: Prime Pastrano
20.08.2008 - Breathtaking: The 10-Month Triple Title Blitz Of Homicide Hank
17.08.2008 - Donovan "Razor" Ruddock - Would He Be Champ If He Were Fighting Today?
17.08.2008 - Two for the Money: Galarza and Thurman
12.08.2008 - Were the Old-Time Fighters Tougher?
10.08.2008 - Holyfield vs. Braxton: Was it a Politically Correct Decision?
07.08.2007 - Middleweight Great Carlos Monzon Remembered - On His Birthday
07.08.2008 - Leaving Las Vegas: Sonny Liston
06.08.2008 - Vicious Victor Galindez
03.08.2008 - Sosa vs. Williams: “Aqui, Jungle”

27.07.2008 - Carlos Monzon: Once Upon A Time In The West
26.07.2008 - Eighty Years Ago Today - Gene Tunney Beats Tom Heeney
25.07.2008 - The 1990s: The Boxing Decade That Never Was?
24.07.2008 - Jack Dempsey: The Sudden Rush Of Greatness
23.07.2008 - Was The Power of Earnie Shavers Overrated?
22.07.2008 - Forty-Five Years Ago Today - Sonny Liston KO's Floyd Patterson
20.07.2008 - Automatic For the People: Mickey Walker
17.07.2008 - Heavenly Art: The Wonder Of Nicolino Locche
15.07.2008 - Harold Johnson: The master mechanic haunted by Archie Moore
15.07.2008 - Eight Years Ago Today - Lennox KO's Francois Botha
13.07.2008 - The Seminal Master: Why Jack Johnson Would Be King Today
07.07.2008 - Los Vatos

26.06.2008 - It Was Twenty Years Ago - Mike Tyson KO 1 Michael Spinks!
25.06.2008 - Sixty Years Ago Today - The Great Joe Louis Makes The Final Defence Of His Heavyweight Title
23.06.2008 - “A German-American Life”: Max Schmeling as Villain & Hero
19.06.2008 - It Was Twenty-Eight Years Ago Today - Duran-Leonard I
18.06.2008 - The Kid
09.06.2008 - It Was Thirty Years Ago Today - Larry Holmes W15 Ken Norton!
06.06.2008 - It Was Twenty Years Ago Today - Barkley KO 3 Hearns!
04.06.2008 - A Profile of Bob Bozic, He Was a Fighter Too
02.06.2008 - Why Are There So Few Asians In The Boxing Hall Of Fame?
02.06.2008 - Remembering Two Of The Boxing Greats
02.06.2008 - Danny “Little Red” Lopez Belongs in the Hall

30.05.2008 - Tony Licata passes away
30.05.2008 - Ezra Sellers: Chill-or-be-chilled
29.05.2008 - Should Riddick Bowe be Inducted into the Hall?
28.05.2008 - Benn vs. Logan: Ferocity Extraordinaire
27.05.2008 - Revisiting Bruce Seldon Mike Tyson
25.05.2008 - Happy Birthday, Marvellous Marvin Hagler
22.05.2008 - Where Are They Now? Vito Antuofermo
17.05.2008 - Happy Birthday, Sugar Ray Leonard
15.05.2008 - An Evening With Larry Holmes In The North Of England
15.05.2008 - The unfilled void left by Lennox Lewis
15.05.2008 - Where Are They Now? Greg Haugen
12.05.2008 - Sam Langford - Boxing's Greatest Uncrowned Champion
10.05.2008 - Giving Dee His Due
09.05.2008 - Five Great Cruiserweights the division never saw
05.05.2008 - Commentary on Roberto Duran

30.04.2008 - Thirty-Seven Years After The Fight - Joe Bugner Admits Henry Cooper Beat Him
24.04.2008 - The Case for Benn, Collins, and Eubank in the Hall
22.04.2008 - Remembering "Simply the Best" - Chris Eubank
22.04.2008 - Double Down in Monte Carlo: Murphy vs. Mutti (1985)
16.04.2008 - Bad to the Bone: Morrison vs. Hipp (1992)
12.04.2008 - Nineteen Years Ago Today - The Great Sugar Ray Robinson Passes Away

15.03.2008 - Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya; Great and All-Time Great
05.03.2008 - Naseem Hamed - Is "The Prince" Hall Of Fame Worthy

23.02.2008 - The Spoiler
13.02.2008 - Everett 'Big Foot' Martin - He Was As Tough As They Come

31.01.2008 - Thomas Hearns – The Fan Favorite
29.01.2008 - Lennox Lewis vs the top heavyweights of the 70s, 80s & 90s
29.01.2008 - Five Years Ago Today - Ricardo Mayorga Shocks Vernon Forrest!
26.01.2008 - The Greatest Fighter From Each Of The Last Five Decades - From The '50's To The 90s
23.01.2008 - My Top Ten Since 1950 (taken from Chapter 50 of Boxing is my Sanctuary)
17.01.2008 - Eighteen Years Ago This Week - "Two Geezers At Caesars"
17.01.2007 - Happy Brithday, Muhammad Ali
15.01.2008 - SRR vs. SRL and Generational Prejudice: Part Two
07.01.2008 - January - A Key Month In The Life Of Heavyweight Legend George Foreman
03.01.2008 - Revisiting the Prince - Naseem Hamed
03.01.2008 - Remembering Robinson Pitalúa (1965-1985) Part I

23.12.2007 - Bobby Chacon and Danny "Little Red" Lopez
22.12.2007 - Mike Tyson And His Greatest Hits!
20.12.2007 - Tony Tucker - He Could've Been A Great
19.12.2007 - Who Was The Greatest Heavyweight Champion Of The 1980s - Larry Holmes Or Mike Tyson?
18.12.2007 - George Foreman Vs. Dwight Muhammad Qawi - "There's A Full Moon Out Tonight!"
15.12.2007 - Great Night in the Garden: Hamed V Kelley 10 years on
14.12.2007 - Hank Kaplan Tribute Biofile
14.12.2007 - Twenty-One Years Ago This Month - James "Bonecrusher" Smith Shocks Tim Witherspoon In One Round
12.12.2007 - Randy "Tex" Cobb - Heavyweight Boxing's Undisputed #1 Sharp Wit
12.12.2007 - Who is Holman Williams?

29.11.2007 - Joe Gans: The Old Master
29.11.2007 - Liston, Foreman and Tyson - The Three Most Intimidating Heavyweights Of All-Time?
29.11.2007 - Looking Back At The Career Of Britain's Herol Graham
28.11.2007 - Cult Classic: Danny Nardico vs. Charley Norkus
25.11.2007 - November 25th - A Significant Date In Two Boxing Legends' Careers
23.11.2007 - Hearns Vs. Delgado - The Worst Night in "The Hitman's" Career!
21.11.2007 - Three Decades of Great Mid-Weight Fighters
20.11.2007 - Larry Holmes - A Top-Five Heavyweight Champion Of All-Time?
20.11.2007 - Rocky Marciano To Be Honored With Statue In Massachusetts
19.11.2007 - Revisiting Holyfield-Lewis I
13.11.2007 - Triumph And Tragedy – The Ray Mancini Story
12.11.2007 - George Foreman Kos Michael Moorer
09.11.2007 - Mancini-Kim: Beyond the brink
05.11.2007 - The Post-Douglas Mike Tyson - Still Capable Of Being Mighty, Just Ask Alex Stewart

26.10.2007 - Jerry Quarry’s Last Hurrah: 15 Years Later
25.10.2007 - Who Was The Greater Fighter, Mike Tyson Or Evander Holyfield?
10.10.2007 - Boxing: The Hall Of Fame – A Tale Of Two Fighters
09.10.2007 - October - A Key Month In The Life And Career Of The Incredible Henry Armstrong
05.10.2007 - Gerry Cooney - It All Looked So Good For Him Once

21.09.2007 - Have Ali's achievements outside the ring unfairly outweighed his accomplishments in it?
19.09.2007 - Archie Moore's Most Memorable Triumph
18.09.2007 - The Bum Of The Month Club
16.09.2007 - Letters from Archie Moore
16.09.2007 - Boxing: Great Uppercuts
15.09.2007 - Remembering When Another Boxing Legend Acted Out - Foreman Fights Five!
15.09.2007 - Some Straight Rights and Right Crosses That Were Indelible
14.09.2007 - A Chronology of Some of My Favorite Left Hooks
14.09.2007 - Gerald McClellan - Violence in the Ring: A Tragic Story Retold
07.09.2007 - Boxing: Knowing When the Time is Right
06.09.2007 - The Greatest Trilogy In Middleweight History, If Not All Boxing History - Zale-Graziano
05.09.2007 - The Jeff Harding Vs. Dennis Andries Trilogy - Too Good To Be Forgotten

29.08.2007 - Who's Your Daddy? Part 1: Foreman - Frazier
26.08.2007 - WHO'S YOUR DADDY Part II : Monzon- Benvenuti
21.08.2007 - The Rise and Fall of Prince Naseem Hamed - Part 1
20.08.2007 - Ali-Norton III - Over Thirty Years On, Who Really Won?
15.08.2007 - Looking Back - The Best Of A Decade; 90’s Heavyweights
11.08.2007 - Muhammad Ali Vs. Cleveland Williams - “The Greatest’s” Punch-Perfect Fight
09.08.2007 - Ken Norton Celebrates His 64th Birthday
07.08.2007 - Wilfred Benitez: Forgotten Champion?
05.08.2007 - Mexico’s Best Ever
03.08.2007 - Forgotten Warrior Uriah Grant - The Man Who Beat Tommy Hearns!

31.07.2007 - Wasted Talent: The Tale of Hector "Macho" Camacho and Edwin Rosario
25.07.2007 - Sam Langford ... "He even predicted where they would land"
23.07.2007 - Great Boxing Nicknames from the Last Thirty Years
20.07.2007 - WBA launches heavyweight tourney
18.07.2007 - Wilfred Benitez: The Under-appreciated Champion
16.07.2007 - Schmeling-Sharkey: Fight for The 1930 heavyweight Title
11.07.2007 - “Simply the best”- a brief look at Chris Eubanks’ career
10.07.2007 - Happy Birthday, Leon Spinks - Former Heavyweight Champion Of The World
06.07.2007 - Ali vs. Chuvalo - Tough Guy George Draws Up The Blueprint On How To Beat “The Greatest"
03.07.2007 - A Look At The Career Of Sammy (The Clutch) Angott - The Only Man To Ever Beat A Prime Willie Pep

29.06.2007 - My Farewell to Oscar De La Hoya
25.06.2007 - The Time Tunnel: Gene Tunney
22.06.2007 - The Ten Greatest Heavyweight Fights of All Time Part Two
20.06.2007 - Forty-Seven Years Ago Today - Floyd Patterson Makes Boxing History!
15.06.2007 - Big George Foreman’s Comeback, And How It Changed The Heavyweight World
15.06.2007 - The Ten Greatest Heavyweight Fights of All Time - Part One
12.06.2007 - Recalling The Night Tommy Hearns Won The WBC 154 Pound Championship
12.06.2007 -Pernell Whitaker Enters Boxing Hall Of Fame
11.06.2007 - At The Boxing Hall Of Fame
07.06.2007 - Azumah Nelson KO 1 Pat Cowdell - The “Terrible Warrior’s” Most Frightening KO
07.06.2007 - When Monaco Was King
06.06.2007 - The Mini-Titans: Valero, Zarate, Lopez, Galaxy, Gomez, Zamora & Zaragoza
06.06.2007 - How great was Bob Foster?
03.06.2007 - Tough Opponents, Tough Guys
02.06.2007 - Primo Carnera - “The Ambling Alp”
02.06.2007 - Cooper’s Thunder Nearly Derailed Clay's Title Hopes
01.06.2007 - Augie "Kid Vegas" Sanchez: The testosterone-torqued volley
01.06.2007 - Clay vs. Liston: Fake or Legitimate?

30.05.2007 - Joe Louis story
30.05.2007 - Miguel “Happy” Lora, the boxer who moved like Shakira
27.05.2007 - Jamaican memories
25.05.2007 - Eder Jofre: The Greatest Fighter Who Fought Under the Radar
25.05.2007 - ESPN’s Greatest Fighters List Corrected
23.05.2007 - Argentinean fighters of note: Monzon, Galindez, Locche, Coggi & Castro
22.05.2007 - Joe Gans vs Battling Nelson fight
22.05.2007 - George Foreman Believes He Was Drugged Just Before His Fight With Ali!
19.05.2007 - Pernell Whitaker: "Sweet Pea" to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame
17.05.2007 - Wilfredo ‘Bazooka’ Gomez, Part II
16.05.2007 - How would Big Bob Foster do today?
16.05.2007 - Wilfredo ‘Bazooka’ Gomez, Part 1
14.05.2007 - Sugar Ray Leonard: The Closer
13.05.2007 - Bernie Hall: 1927-2007
10.05.2007 - Timber: The fall of Big John Tate
09.05.2007 - Archie Moore story
09.05.2007 - Diego “Chico” Corrales
08.05.2007 - Diego Corrales - 1977-2007. God Bless "Chico"

22.04.2007 - Dwight Muhammad Qawi - The Second Greatest Ever Cruiserweight
21.04.2007 - Willie Pep-Sandy Saddler
21.04.2007 - In Defence Of Dempsey
20.04.2007 - Baptism Under Fire: Frazier, Holmes, Hearns, Arguello & De La Hoya
19.04.2007 - Sixteen Years Ago Today - “The Battle Of The Ages,” Foreman-Holyfield
13.04.2007 - Walcott vs. Charles 4 fights
12.04.2007 - The Hammer of Thor
11.04.2007 - Valuev and Marciano – comparatively speaking
06.04.2007 - Billy Conn-Joe Louis fight
05.04.2007 - Looking Back At George Foreman’s Amateur Career - And The Man Who Bested Him Twice
04.04.2007 - A Forgotten Legend: Freddie Steele
02.04.2007 - The Black Foursome of the Teens: Jack Johnson, Joe Jennette, Sam McVey and Sam Langsford

28.03.2007 - Great Fights That Never Happened.....But Could Have
23.03.2007 - James J. Corbett vs. John L. Sullivan: “The Battle of New Orleans”
22.03.2007 - Slater: The Ten Greatest Heavyweights In History
16.03.2007 - Sorry Bert but Lewis is a top ten heavyweight and Holyfield wasn`t greater than Lewis?
15.03.2007 - Legacy: Lennox Lewis
14.03.2007 - Crossing The Line
14.03.2007 - Corbett vs. Fitzsimmons: The Fight of the Century
14.03.2007 - Benn/McClellan: A Night of Champions for a Champion
08.03.2007 - March 8, 1971: Ali-Frazier I...The Greatest Show On Earth
05.03.2007 - Bowe vs. Lewis: The Best Fights – Which ‘Never’ Took Place Part 1
04.03.2007 - Twenty Years Ago This Month - Big George Foreman And His Comeback Dream
02.03.2007 - Ali or Louis – Who was The Greatest, Final Part 3

28.02.2007 - Roy Jones Jr. - Was He The Best Super Middleweight?
27.02.2007 - Ali or Louis – Who was the Greatest? Part 2
27.02.2007 - Jack Johnson story
27.02.2007 - Something Seems Amiss at The Hall of Fame
26.02.2007 - Ali or Louis – Who was the Greatest? Part 1
23.02.2007 - Castro/Herrera: Redemption at the Patinódromo; Classic at the Estadio de Beisbol
16.02.2007 - Baer/Schmeling: A Tale of Two Max's
14.02.2007 - When Sweet Pea reigned supreme
03.02.2007 - Gerry Cooney Versus Joe Frazier - Whose Left Hook Was The Best?
02.02.2007 - Beau Jack: A True All Time Great

25.01.2007 - What if George Foreman had beaten Jimmy Young?
23.01.2007 - Ali: The Right Person at the Right Time
13.01.2007 - Happy Birthday, “Smokin’” Joe Frazier!
11.01.2007 - John L. Sullivan: The Career of the First Gloved Heavyweight Champion
08.01.2007 - Remembering Tommy Hearns' First Ascension To The Top
08.01.2007 - The 50s Heavyweights, Part 2: The Nearly Men
07.01.2007 - Durelle vs. Moore: Maybe The Greatest Fight In History
05.01.2007 - The 50s Heavyweights, Part 1: Champions and Challengers
04.01.2007 - Mike Tyson – Lost and Lonely
02.01.2007 - Duran/Leonard Comparison

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