"Honeybear" Virgil Akins won the vacant world welterweight crown #OnThisDay in 1958 with a Round 4 TKO of Vince Martinez at the Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. Akins floored Martinez nine times in what the press branded "a slaughter" before referee Harry Kessler stepped in to stop

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Roberto Duran mauling Hall of Famer Carlos Palomino, 1979 New York UD10 #Boxing

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Congrats to @AndrewMoloney. What a remarkable story of perseverance. He has fought the toughest competition, suffered some setbacks including an unjust decision, but now he is a champion again. He represents the best of boxing. Hew refused step aside m only & had to take

Happy 68th Birthday to former 2x Jr Welterweight Title Challenger and current boxing trainer Ronnie Shields. 🥊

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Fuentes revelaron a ESPN KNOCKOUT que Gary Antuanne Russell estará exponiendo el cetro Superligero WBA ante Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz en fecha por designar. Se habla del 22 de agosto o 5 de septiembre en Las Vegas. Sólo detalles…

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Happy Birthday to former Light Heavyweight World Title Challenger Chris Finnegan. He was in the 1972 Ring Magazine Fight of the Year against Bob Foster. He won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1968. He passed away in 2009 at the age of 64. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥇🥊

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What an amazing fight. Got to call it with Steve Albert and the great Gil Clancy. What toughness from Iran after taking those hellacious body punches from Tommy,

Future heavyweight king "Gentleman" Jim Corbett KO'd Joe Choynski in the 27th round of a famed battle on a barge in a cove near Benicia, California, #OnThisDay in 1889. The pair are seen here re-enacting the battle in 1910.

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Former champ George Foreman and top contender Ron Lyle rumble in 1976 at Caesars Palace. In an all-time great big man slugfest, live on free TV, the two big punchers exchanged multiple knockdowns before Foreman won by fifth round KO. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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President Theodore Roosevelt frequently hosted boxing matches at the White House. As an avid practitioner of the "strenuous life," he regularly sparred in the White House gymnasium with military aides, visiting diplomats, friends, and professional fighters 🥊

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Welterweight Champion Billy Backus watches former titlist Jose Napoles weigh in, on June 4, 1971, before their title fight at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Napoles, who had lost the title to southpaw Backus in December, would regain the title on an 8th round TKO.

The

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Frank Warren has said Andy Ruiz won't be fighting Tyson Fury as Ruiz has priced himself out. Andy Ruiz doesn't really want to fight, he just wants a payday, & wants to be drastically overpaid. Ruiz will continue to sit, eat, & get fatter!!! 😂
UK Boxing doesn't need Andy Ruiz.

#BOTD Saoul Mamby, June 4, 1947 – December 19, 2019. WBC Jr. Welterweight Champion, 1980-82.

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Former World Featherweight Champion (and future lightweight and light welterweight king) Tony Canzoneri won a 10-round points victory over Joe Glick at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn #OnThisDay in 1930. The New York Daily News reported that Canzy handed Glick "a fine pasting" in front

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Jose Napoles regained the WBC and WBA world welterweight titles #OnThisDay in 1971 with a Round 8 TKO of Billy Backus at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

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It's been 10 years since his passing, yet his impact on his sport and in this world remains. He was many things to many people, and, for me, he was one of the pillars for the love of boxing that became my profession and became my identity.

His personality, his immense skills

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Now official: Lamont Roach Jr. & William Zepeda will meet for the vacant WBC 135 title Aug. 1 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on DAZN (& simulacast on TNT in U.S. as part of new "The Fight" series). Wasn't part of the announcement because they'll do it separately but the co-feature

This fight is best remembered as the "final straw" fight for Howard Cosell as it prompted him to announce he would no longer call professional fights. In response, Cobb, a former football player, said, "hey, if it gets him to stop broadcasting NFL games, I'll go play football for

January 17, 1942 - June 3, 2016 🦋🐝

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Eugene Criqui KO 6 Johnny Kilbane to win the world featherweight boxing championship - June 2, 1923 at the Polo Grounds, NYC, USA. #EugeneCriqui #boxing 🥊 #knockout

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