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Month: August 2019

Denver heavyweight Ron Lyle, right, grazes Heavyweight Champion George Foreman with a straight right in the fourth round of their title fight at Las Vegas, Nev., Saturday night, Jan. 26, 1976. Foreman won the world heavyweight boxing championship in the fifth round. (AP Photo)
Boxing Analysis

Ron Lyle: A Superstar in Today’s Heavyweight Division

August 29, 2019 Frank Lotierzo

Former 1970s heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, 43-7-1 (31), is remembered most for dropping former heavyweight champ George Foreman twice in a legendary fight in late January of 1976. Foreman, an all-time great and veteran of […]

CHELYABINSK, RUSSIA - AUGUST 25, 2019: Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev celebrates victory in his WBO light heavyweight title bout against British boxer Anthony Yarde during a boxing show at Traktor Ice Arena. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)
Boxing Analysis

The Next Next Time: Sergey Kovalev Stops Anthony Yarde

August 27, 2019 Jimmy Tobin

Next time you’ll understand: Sergey Kovalev is finished and has been for years. It was over for Kovalev when he bowed before the “Son of God.” And if “Krusher” wasn’t yet kaput when he quit […]

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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

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Big Plans: Hughie Fury on Fighting in Saudi Arabia, Facing Alexander Povetkin

August 23, 2019 Chris Walker

So boxing’s biggest fight of 2019 is heading to the morally corrupt desert that moonlights as paradise. No, not Nevada, but Saudi Arabia, the Middle Eastern kingdom with an appalling human rights record, will host […]

Boxing Profiles

Finding the Will: Kevin Lueshing on Fighting for Survival

August 20, 2019 Paul Zanon

“My dad used to tell me, ‘Go and pick a belt for me to beat you with.’ “That was more psychological than anything. Like the fear and anxiety you get with boxing in the changing […]

Boxing Analysis

Desert Devils: Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua Meet in Saudi Arabia

August 16, 2019 Carlos Acevedo

It is no easy task for boxing to set off a firestorm during the dog days of summer, but Eddie Hearn, head of Matchroom, managed this improbable feat when he held a curious press conference […]

Boxing Profiles

Glenn McCrory: That Night I Fought for the Title, David Was Pulling Me Along

August 13, 2019 Paul Zanon

“We didn’t have a gym. We had a room above a fruit shop, one punch bag, no toilet, no spit bucket, and I won the British, Commonwealth, and IBF world cruiserweight titles. The ‘Rocky’ story […]

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Boxing History

The Duke of the West Side: Owney “The Killer” Madden

August 7, 2019 Carlos Acevedo

Owney Madden, who “owned a large piece of Max Baer,” is one of the dark figures in Jacobs Beach: The Mob, The Garden & The Golden Age of Boxing, by Kevin Mitchell, from Hamilcar Publications. […]

Boxing Profiles

“I Want All Champions” Shakur Stevenson Puts the Featherweight Division on Notice

August 7, 2019 Chris Walker

The boxing public is about to learn what Shakur Stevenson has known since he was six years old. An enthusiastic and wayward youth, (characteristics that are still present in adulthood) Stevenson began his boxing ascent […]

Boxing Profiles

Safe Place: Christy Martin Looks Back on Her Tumultuous Career, Life

August 4, 2019 Paul Zanon

Christy Renea Martin has often been referred to as the fighter who legitimized women’s boxing, but “The Coalminer’s Daughter” is not so quick to accept the praise. “I do believe that my work made it […]

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