Charles "Bud" Taylor, aka "The Blonde Terror of Terre Haute", was stripped of his NBA world bantamweight crown #OnThisDay in 1928 for failing to actively defend the title. NBA President Thomas E Donohue said the body was "anxious to maintain the interest in the bantamweight

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Thought for a beautiful, spring Monday. Support independent combat sports journalists, commentators, writers, and reporters when you can. Their perspectives are critical to the future of #boxing and a last hope with respect to keeping money and power more honest in our sport, for

Middleweight Marvin Hagler makes his pro debut on May 18, 1973 at the Brockton High School Gymnasium, scoring a 2nd round (of a scheduled four) KO of Terry Ryan.
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I did some searching, just for fun, and I think these are

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Shocked to hear Aroz "Terrific" Gist passed suddenly. Worked many of the shows we did in Jersey, a good, solid, trainer/cornerman and genuinely a really nice man. RIP

This Date 2002, The first of The Epic 3 between my Friend @irishmickyward & the late great Arturo Gatti. Included is a clip from Micky on @inthiscornerwithjamessmith speaking to the embodiment of their Trilogy Heart n Will which overshadowed even their skill for their 3

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Happy Birthday to former Bantamweight World Champion Tony Marino. Trained by the great Ray Arcel. Sadly he passed away at the age of 26 in 1937 by injuries sustained against Carlos Quintana. His death inspired the 3 Knockdown Rule. 🙏🏼🥊

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Happy Birthday to former Undisputed Lightweight World Champion Joe Brown. He was the 1961 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. He passed away in 1997 at the age of 71. 🥊

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Today is the 70th birthday of the great Sugar Ray Leonard. When he fought, it was truly a big event - transcending boxing and sports - he made the sport bigger. One of the last true boxers who I believe the general public knew -- and still knows. Truly an all-time great #boxing

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Happy 66th Birthday to boxing promoter Lou DiBella. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020. 🥊

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I’ve never seen this before

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Jaron Ennis has vacated his WBA interim 154lb title in order to compete for both Xander Zayas’ WBO and WBA belts.

#ZayasEnnis

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News: IBF on Monday scheduled a 154 final elimonator between Brandon Adams & Bakhram Murtazaliev for the right to become Josh Kelly's mandatory. The purse bid is scheduled for May 27 during the ratings meeting at the IBF annual convention in Ho Tram, Vietnam. #boxing

Vasiliy Lomachenko is coming out of retirement and is targeting a return in fall of this year, sources tell @ringmagazine. Lomachenko’s contract with Top Rank expires today and he’s now a promotional free agent. He only wants the big fights, I’m told, no tuneups.

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🚨So to put it all together🚨: I reported on May 5th that Lamont Roach vs William Zepeda was going to take place either July or August. Azteca confirmed with Zepeda's trainer that August 1st IS the date. Now I'm being told the fight will likely be in LAS VEGAS on that date.