Archive for June, 2013
This Week in Boxing History
TWIBH: September 28, 1976 — Ali vs. Norton III
In our time of endless media exposure, 24 hour news cycles and thirty second attention spans, it is almost impossible to fully appreciate the larger-than-life fame and popularity of Muhammad Ali in the 1970s. The term “li...
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Top 12 Boxers with the All-Time Best Jabs
With few exceptions, the jab is the most fundamental weapon in a boxer’s arsenal. It sets up all the other punches, while enabling a fighter to establish rhythm, distance and timing. It is the key punch all boxers learn f...
This Week in Boxing History
TWIBH: September 23rd, 1957 – Basilio vs. Robinson
The great Sugar Ray Robinson had retired from boxing, had been singing and tap-dancing for three years. He didn’t have much success, and came back to the ring in ’55. He was still in shape though, said in his autobiography he w...
Feature Reports
Mayweather vs. Ortiz: The Last Word
It looks like the dust is finally settling after last Saturday’s bizarre fight between Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather Jr. and we’re going to take a crack at having the last word on what may go down as the most no...
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Top 12 All-Time Best Right Hand Punchers
For most boxers, the overhand or straight right is the money punch, the blow carrying the most weight and power and thus able to instantly change the course of a match. Or instantly end it. Here are the boxers whose right hands...
Feature Reports
For All To See
Some degree of uncertainty exists when we see celebrities and public figures being interviewed or followed by the cameras. “Is this who they really are?” one wonders. “Or are they merely playing their public r...
Feature Reports
Mayweather vs. Ortiz
There’s an old saying: “Live for today, because tomorrow may never come.” Heading into Saturday’s big fight, boxing fans would do well to keep such sentiments in mind. When Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Victo...
This Week in Boxing History
TWIBH: September 16, 1981 — Leonard vs. Hearns I
Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1981, only two boxers mattered in America: WBA welterweight champion Thomas Hearns, and WBC welterweight champion Ray Leonard. Ever since the previous fall, when both men won huge fights – Hea...
Pulling No Punches
In Defense of Mike Tyson
This past June, Michael Carbert made the argument that Mike Tyson’s induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame should be seriously questioned. He did not argue against Tyson’s achievements in the ring, but rathe...
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Top 12 All-Time Greatest Rivalries
Boxing has always had a wealth of exciting rivalries, duos whose combatant’s personalities, ring styles and talents combine to create a series of dramatic and memorable confrontations. Here are the most intense and fascin...
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