The heavyweight division used to be the marquee division in boxing. Formerly it was full of characters and the common man walking the street could tell you a number of heavyweight fighters off the top of their head. Although many came before him, the most famous heavyweight of all time and probably the most famous [...]

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The human highlight reel  ‘Thunder’ Gatti sadly passed away in mysterious circumstances last July. The two weight champion appeared in Ring Magazine‘s “fight of the year” a total of 4 times and would go on to become one of the biggest attractions at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A blood and guts fighter [...]

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January 26th would have marked the 51st birthday of Mexican legend Salvador Sanchez so in honour of the ‘Chava’, here is a profile of his career: Salvador Sanchez started boxing professionally at a young age after an amateur boxing career that supposedly spanned only 4 fights. Despite his young age he quickly racked up victories [...]

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17 years later the squabbling continues as Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr met in New York to begin the promotion for their April 3rd rematch. The two 40 somethings last faced off in 1993 for the vacant IBF middleweight title. It was the last time Hopkins lost a fight clearly so in [...]

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The sport of boxing is as much cerebral as it is physical. What goes on in your head dictates what happens in the ring as much as your body does. This was evident as Oliver McCall took on Lennox Lewis in a rematch for his WBC Heavyweight title as McCall spectacularly fell to pieces and [...]

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