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Judging a Fight: Some Ideas
By Tom Donelson Judging a fight is very subjective. The one area in which most boxing pundits and judges appear to agree is the effect of a knockdown upon scoring.…
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The Poetic Sublimity of Being Cornered
By Scott Wilkerson In boxing, as in life, our best resource of strength during a crisis is, often, merely knowing that someone is in our corner. Tom Donelson's masterful and…
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Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson and the Moral Universe
By Scott Wilkerson Boxing, more than any other sport, is a story with a moral. And the boxer, more than any other athlete, is a creature of imagination. It is,…
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Diaconu Beats Henry in Romania
Bucharest, Romania – Adrian Diaconu held off Chris Henry to win a unanimous 12 –round decision to win the World Boxing Council Interim Light Heavyweight Championship in Diaconu’s home town.…
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Weekend Results: Adamek Stops Bell
TOTOWA, NJ (April 19, 2008) – IBF #3 cruiserweight contender Tomasz Adamek secured a world title opportunity today by stopping IBF #7 contender O’ Neil Bell at Spodek Arena in…
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Fritzie Zivic – A Real Pro
By Angelo Prospero Jr. They didn't come any smarter, cuter or craftier in the ring than Fritzie Zivic. Born May 8, 1913 in Pittsburgh, this Croatian-American came from a fighting…
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About light heavies who go heavy
By Don Buchan It has been said by some "in the know" that Floyd Patterson could have remained a light heavyweight and gone down in history as one of the…
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Henry Armstrong, one of the greatest fighters ever
Henry Armstrong, one of the greatest fighters ever By Tom Donelson Between 1937 and 1938, Henry Armstrong was the greatest fighter ever. He won 27 fights in 1937 with 26…
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Rocky Graziano: Remembering Da Rock
Rocky Graziano: Remembering Da Rock by Robert Ecksel TheSweetScience.com Former middleweight champion Rocky Graziano personified Nu Yawk. He was born Thomas Rocca Barbella in a Rivington Street tenement in 1922…
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Charley Burley: Great Fighter No One Knows
By Tom Donaldson (This is another excerpt of my upcoming book, "Boxing in the Shadow" and details the career of Charlie Burley one of boxing great fighters.) A friend of…
