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THE NIGHT PRYOR STOPPED ARGUELLO IN THE 14th ROUND
For Pryor, the man who for so long has complained ''there's a cloud over my head,'' this was a victory that stamped him among the best in the ring today. He had said before he would not consider himself a ''great'' fighter ''until I...
WAS JACK DEMPSEY ROBBED BY THE “LONG COUNT”?
They paid $2,658,600 for the privilege of being there, the richest gate in boxing history (it would remain so until television revised the economy of the sport). READ MORE
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Introducing 19-year old Heavyweight Prospect Mike Tyson
Once again The Boxing Post brings its readers classic articles from the vaults. This time it's one of the earliest stories on record about two-time heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, first published in Sports Illustrated in 1985. READ MORE
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When Hugh McIllivanney Met Muhammad Ali In ’74
Legendary sports journalist Hugh McIlvanney, who wrote for British broadsheet The Observer for more than 30 years was granted an audience with the champ at his villa in Zaire. Here's what happened: READ ON
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Marvin Hagler – The Old School Warrior Who Became A Modern Great – Part 1
What’s more, in an era when today’s modern boxing fan is quick to pour scorn on fighters of the 70s and 80s with claims that “they weren’t so great”, virtually everybody had to agree that didn’t (couldn’t) apply to Hagler. Marvin’s own unique combination...
Mikey Garcia vs Errol Spence IBF Welterweight Title Fight Preview: Will Mikey Shock The World?
31-year old Mikey Garcia (39-0, 30 KOs), a former featherweight, junior lightweight and light welterweight champion and currently the WBC lightweight title holder is considered one of the modern greats of the game and a guaranteed first-ballot hall-of-famer. Errol Spence (24-0, 21 KOs) is...
Monday Morning Musings: Eubank Jr & Joyce Need Protecting From Themselves
So Chris Eubank Jr finally got the win he needed to legitimize his boxing career. No matter what anyone says about him, or how history may ultimately judge him, on paper at least he was good enough to defeat a two-time world champion, a...
Did Floyd Mayweather Blow $50 Million In 2017 On Sports Bets?
Is Floyd Mayweather broke? Is he living in a fool’s paradise, spending huge sums of money that he doesn’t have? Is Mayweather set to join the likes of Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, fighters who earned hundreds of millions of dollars yet ended up...
Tyson Fury Signs $80 Million Deal With ESPN
This week, Manchester’s Tyson Fury, the former WBA/WBO/and IBF heavyweight champion, announced an exclusive promotional deal in the US with ESPN, America’s premier sports cable network. The deal is worth a reputed $80 million, making it the third most lucrative of such a deal,...
James DeGale vs Chris Eubank Jr – When Chunky Meets Junior – Who Wins The Pet Food Punch Up?
UK fight fans know that historical bad-blood between two combatants often results in a thrilling fight when the two finally get it on in the ring. That will certainly be the hope when after almost a decade of chastising him, Chris Eubank Jr gets...