Category: Boxing History
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Keyshawn Davis Makes A Statement in Dubai
Keyshawn Davis of Norfolk, Virginia turned pro in February on the Canelo-Yildirim undercard with a stoppage win. The 22 year-old turned pro while on the verge of going to the Tokyo Olympics and has a amateur World Championship Silver Medal. Today on ESPN from Dubai the young prospect advanced to 2-0 with a stoppage victory…
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Dillian Whyte Runs Through Alexander Povetkin in 4
Dillian Whyte emerged victorious in his high stakes rematch with Alexander Povetkin for the WBC Interim Heavyweight Title. Back in August the two had fought an exciting back and forth fight that saw Povetkin on the canvas twice only to rally back and knock Whyte out with a single blow. This fight had been delayed…
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RIP Marvin Hagler 1954-2021 A Tribute to a Legend
I am still reeling from the loss of Marvelous Marvin Hagler this past weekend. It is only fitting that I am watching the final victory of his career against John Mugabi as I type this blog post. As a child of the 1990’s Marvin Hagler was before my time but as a boxing aficionado he…
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Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier I: The Fight of the Century turns 50! ABC to Show Remastered Full Fight Sunday 2pm ET
Max Kellerman announced on the most recent episode that Ali vs Frazier I will be shown on ABC this Sunday 3/7/2021 at 2pm ET in a newly remastered version. ABC will show the fight and the trilogy will be featured on ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes as well. This fight is arguably the most important of…
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Revisited: Errol Spence Jr versus Shawn Porter among the best of 2019
Premier Boxing Champions recently uploaded the September 28, 2019 bout between Errol Spence and Shawn Porter onto their Youtube channel. This was one of the more entertaining contests from 2019 and so far has been the most difficult fight of Spence’s successful but very young career. From time to time I like to revisit past…
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Recommendations: Boxing Historian Adam J. Pollack covers Jack Dempsey
Adam J. Pollack continues his In the Ring series with his first of two volumes on legendary heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. Pollack’s other books in the series followed other early heavyweight champions John L. Sullivan, Marvin Hart, Tommy Burns, Jack Johnson, Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Jeffries. This newest addition is now available through Barnes…
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Boxing History: Max Schmeling’s complicated relationship with Nazi Germany
The following is a paper I wrote back in 2012 for a history course I took on the Second World War. Unsurprisingly, as a boxing fanatic I chose my favorite sport to coincide with my favorite subject. It was difficult convincing my professor to find something historically significant about boxing in relation to the war…
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