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Jackie Kallen: Michael Dokes Passes Away, Another Boxing Loss

By Jackie Kallen It has been a bad year so far for boxing deaths. LeRoy Neiman, Bert Sugar, Bill Miller,…

2 min read 14 years ago
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10th Annual Briscoe Awards Sunday in South Philly

By: Ken Hissner Philly Boxing History Editor John Di Santo is holding the 10th Annual Briscoe Awards Sunday 1-4pm at…

2 min read 8 years ago
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The Day Jack Johnson Punched Through The Color Line

The Day Jack Johnson Punched Through The Color Line By: Sean Crose If I were to be asked which fighters…

5 min read 9 years ago
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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…

4 min read 7 years ago
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Tyson-Douglas: 36 Years Later | The Greatest Upset in Boxing History

Thirty-six years ago today, on February 11, 1990, the impossible happened inside the Tokyo Dome. James “Buster” Douglas, a 42-to-1…

6 min read 1 month ago
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Detroit’s Greatest Boxers: Legends from the Motor City

Detroit doesn’t ask for respect — it takes it. The Motor City has been producing world-class fighters since before most…

5 min read 1 month ago
Atlantic City Boxing

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…

3 min read 1 year ago
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Boxing’s Biggest Controversies, Robberies, and Scandals

Boxing has always lived in the gray areas. The sport is scored by humans, governed by fractured sanctioning bodies, and…

8 min read 2 weeks ago
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Boxing in the 1920s: The Sport’s First Golden Era | Complete History

The 1920s didn’t just change boxing—they invented modern boxing. Before the decade began, prizefighting was a semi-legal spectacle held in…

11 min read 1 month ago
Atlantic City Boxing

Don Elbaum Promoted 196 Fights At Tropicana Atlantic City in the 80s

Tropicana Atlantic City is where it was happening – every week – in the 1980sBy Boxing Insider staff Atlantic City…

4 min read 1 year ago
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The Greatest Heavyweight Title Fights in History, Era by Era

No division in boxing carries the cultural weight of the heavyweight class. A heavyweight title fight has always been more…

5 min read 2 weeks ago
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British Boxing History: From Broughton to Fury

Boxing was not invented in Britain, but it was codified there. The sport’s rules, its governing structures, and its culture…

10 min read 3 weeks ago
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LeRoy Neiman: The Artist Who Made Boxing Beautiful

For half a century, no artist was more synonymous with boxing than LeRoy Neiman. With his handlebar mustache, ever-present Cuban…

10 min read 1 week ago
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Best Pound-for-Pound Boxers of All Time Ranked

The pound-for-pound debate is boxing’s oldest and most unsolvable argument. Strip away the weight advantages, remove the era, ignore the…

7 min read 1 week ago
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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…

2 min read 8 months ago
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Brooklyn’s Greatest Boxers: Legends from the Borough of Kings

Forget what you heard about Philly fighters and Detroit tough guys. When it comes to producing world-class boxers, nobody —…

5 min read 1 month ago
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The History of Boxing Trading Cards: From Tobacco Packs to Modern Collectibles

Boxing and trading cards go back further than any other sport in the hobby. Before Topps ever printed a Mickey…

11 min read 2 weeks ago
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Ali vs. Liston I: The Night Boxing Changed Forever | 62nd Anniversary

Sixty-two years ago tonight, a 22-year-old loudmouth from Louisville did the impossible. He walked into the ring against the most…

11 min read 3 weeks ago
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The Best Boxing Documentaries and Where to Watch Them

The best boxing stories have always been bigger than the fights themselves. Poverty, race, redemption, corruption, the weight of being…

7 min read 4 weeks ago
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Top 5 Biggest Boxing Fights in Las Vegas History

Las Vegas has long been the undisputed capital of boxing, hosting some of the sport’s most iconic and lucrative events.…

6 min read 1 month ago
Atlantic City Boxing

91 Seconds: Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks in Atlantic City

The fight, the finances, and the full story behind the most famous 91 seconds in heavyweight history Mike Tyson’s first-round…

6 min read 3 weeks ago
Boxing History

Mayweather vs McGregor: The Complete Fight Story

On August 26, 2017, Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and Conor “The Notorious” McGregor stepped into the ring at T-Mobile Arena…

10 min read 1 month ago
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The Greatest Boxers from Puerto Rico: La Isla del Campeón

No place on earth — not Brooklyn, not Philly, not Mexico City — produces world champion boxers at the rate…

12 min read 1 month ago
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How Do Some Countries Allow Losing Boxers to Continue Boxing?

By: Ken Hissner I have a 100 Club list of boxers with over 100 losses and others who have never…

3 min read 8 years ago
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Top 5 Biggest Boxing Rematches of All Time

Top 5 Biggest Boxing Rematches of All Time Nothing in sports carries the dramatic weight of a boxing rematch. The…

5 min read 4 weeks ago