By Patrick Kehoe: Jack Johnson vs Jim Jeffries (July 4, 1910) certainly defined the modern mega-fight as an epic event and social prism while Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier (March 8, 1971) set the standard for competitive brilliance and global significance.
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By Joe Queijo Tiger Flowers stunned the boxing world in early 1926 by thrashing all-time great middleweight Harry Greb over 15 bitter rounds.
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Sandy Saddler - one of the greatest featherweights of all-time - sadly passed away last week (September 18) at the age of 75. Saddler will always be remembered as one the legends and, in this article, Joe Queijo looks back at the night he achieved greatness in his first bout with Willie Pep.
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By Anthony Evans Celebrated as one of Ireland’s greatest ever fighters, Barry McGuigan was carried into his first world title fight against Panamanian great Eusebio Pedroza on a wave of sentiment.
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By Patrick Kehoe In the middle of the 1970s, Zee-whiz kids Carlos Zarate and Alfonzo Zamora made their reputations by scoring shuddering knockouts as co-rulers of the bantamweight ranks.
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By Anthony Evans The traditional trepidation which American fans regard fighters from the eastern banks of the big pond clings tight.
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By Clive Bernath: As soon as the Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney world heavyweight title fight was announced it captured the imagination of the American fight public for various reasons.
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By Anthony Evans
Thirty-two years ago George Foreman blitzed world heavyweight champion and fellow legend Joe Frazier in two of the most one-sided and chilling displays of human firepower in the history of fighting.
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By Paul Upham: January 26, 2002 is Australia’s 214th birthday and no better time than to remember the greatest fight of arguably Australia’s greatest ever boxer, The Marrickville Mauler Jeff Fenech.
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