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Boxing Ends It’s Decades Long Run On Regular Television, But Is It That Big A Deal In The Age Of Streaming?
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Boxing Ends It’s Decades Long Run On Regular Television, But Is It That Big A Deal In The Age Of Streaming?

By: Sean Crose There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth around the boxing world lately. Or perhaps more succinctly around the boxing media. For Saturday was the last…
Posted by Sean Crose 07/26/2025
Don Elbaum Promoted 196 Fights At Tropicana Atlantic City in the 80s
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Don Elbaum Promoted 196 Fights At Tropicana Atlantic City in the 80s

Tropicana Atlantic City is where it was happening - every week - in the 1980s By Boxing Insider staff Atlantic City was home to one of the more unusual boxing…
Posted by Staff 11/14/2024
History: Jack Dempsey prepped for mega-fights in Atlantic City
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History: Jack Dempsey prepped for mega-fights in Atlantic City

Jack Dempsey never officially fought in Atlantic City. But that doesn't mean he didn’t prepare for any of his big battles there. The fact is, he really liked the place. …
Posted by Staff 11/12/2024
Modern Classics: Rosario-Bramble
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Modern Classics: Rosario-Bramble

By: Sean Crose Lightweight Edwin Rosario had just engaged in the fight of his life and had come up short. Or had he? The fighter’s June 1985 battle with Hector…
Posted by Staff 05/13/2020
Modern Classics: Curry-McCrory
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Modern Classics: Curry-McCrory

By: Sean Crose Donald Curry was a rising star in the sport of boxing. Milton McCrory, too, was a fighter on the rise. Both men were welterweights. Both men held…
Posted by Staff 04/04/2020
Modern Classics: Leonard-Duran 2
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Modern Classics: Leonard-Duran 2

By: Sean Crose “It was bizarre to witness,” William Nack wrote, “so swift and devastating a collapse of a man's name.” The Sports Illustrated writer was referring to a battle forever known…
Posted by Staff 03/29/2020
Modern Classics: Leonard-Duran I
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Modern Classics: Leonard-Duran I

By: Sean Crose “When I get into the ring to fight,” Roberto Duran said, “I always give the best."There is little doubt that Duran gave “Sugar” Ray Leonard his best, and more,…
Posted by Staff 03/26/2020
Modern Classics: Hagler-Duran
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Modern Classics: Hagler-Duran

By: Sean Crose It was a turning point fight for both men. One, defending middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler, had been chomping at the bit for a big money, highly…
Posted by Staff 03/23/2020
Alexis “The Thin Man” Arguello: A Class Act in and Out of the Ring
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Alexis “The Thin Man” Arguello: A Class Act in and Out of the Ring

By: Ken Hissner This writer once had the privilege of meeting the great 3-time world champion Alexis “The Thin Man” Arguello, of Managua, Nicaragua, in Atlantic City, NJ, as he…
Posted by Staff 05/08/2019
80th Anniversary of Joe Louis’ Knockout Over Jack Roper
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80th Anniversary of Joe Louis’ Knockout Over Jack Roper

By: Aaron Sutcliffe “Some of the fans are already calling him the greatest champion of all-time” – two minutes and 20 seconds later, Joe Louis has successfully retained his World…
Posted by Staff 04/17/2019
Lewis-Holyfield I: The Fight That Put Boxing Down (And Almost Out)
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Lewis-Holyfield I: The Fight That Put Boxing Down (And Almost Out)

By: Sean Crose People were mad for a long time. A very long time. If it's true that history is simply a matter of perspective, then perhaps my perspective on…
Posted by Staff 03/13/2019
Jose Manuel Urtain, EBU Boxing, Rock Lifting Champion, Held Ali Overhead
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Jose Manuel Urtain, EBU Boxing, Rock Lifting Champion, Held Ali Overhead

By: Ken Hissner In the country of Spain besides boxing, bull fighting and soccer there is a sport called Rock-Lifting. Jose Manuel “El Tigre de Cestona” Urtain not only won…
Posted by Staff 02/01/2019
Muhammad Ali’s 77th Birthday Is Today
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Muhammad Ali’s 77th Birthday Is Today

By: Ken Hissner In 1960 a brash young boxer from Louisville, KY, came on the scene. Cassius Clay won the National AAU light heavyweight title defeating Roy Ector at 0:55…
Posted by Staff 01/17/2019
The Other Boxing Hall of Fame: Graziano’s Across the Street
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The Other Boxing Hall of Fame: Graziano’s Across the Street

By: Patrick Mascoe Walk into any sports bar today and you will notice they are just generic versions of each other. Often the only difference is their address. Hang a…
Posted by Staff 01/12/2019
Jim Jacobs Talks About World Champion Wilfred “El Radar” Benitez
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Jim Jacobs Talks About World Champion Wilfred “El Radar” Benitez

By: Ken Hissner In 1981 this writer wasn’t writing but was a big fan of boxing. I knew legendary trainer Cus D’Amato was working with Jim Jacobs. Jacobs was a…
Posted by Staff 01/09/2019

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