Amen! Access to the masses has always been a must, and, for boxing, it has slowly disappeared and it is now paying the price. Sad.

Max Schmeling is visited in the hospital by manager Joe Jacobs after the German's 1938 defeat to world champ Joe Louis. Joe demolished his former conqueror by 1st round KO, in the process cracking a number of vertebrae in Schmeling's back. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Joe Frazier makes his first defense of the NYSAC Heavyweight title, on June 24, 1968, scoring a second round TKO of Manuel Ramos at MSG in NYC.

Frazier was staggered by a right uppercut from Ramos in the first round.

Ramos was knocked down twice in the second round. After Ramos

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Iconic heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey was born 131 years ago today. During the 1920s he was the most popular athlete in the US other than Babe Ruth. Here's a cool card in my #boxing collection.

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The final boxing show at the Sunnyside Garden Arena in Queens, New York, took place on June 24, 1977.

The last card, which drew an audience of fewer than 400 people, featured an eight-round main event where Ramon Ranquello of Jersey City defeated Bob Smith of Natchez by a

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Sugar Ray Robinson retained his world welterweight crown in tragic circumstances #OnThisDay in 1947 - opponent Jimmy Doyle never regained consciousness after hitting his head when he was knocked down at the end of the 8th round of their fight in Ohio and died the following day.

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The one-and-only Jack Dempsey, aka "The Manassa Mauler," entertains fellow ring greats Willie Pep, king of the featherweights, and Mickey Walker, "The Toy Bulldog," at his famous Broadway Bar and Cocktail Lounge in New York in 1965. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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“Stevie Cruz takes me back nostalgically, he’s why I love boxing and why I’ve had this connection to it since I was 8 years old.” Esteemed boxing/MMA cutman @Boxerrodz talks about his admiration for former featherweight champ who beat McGuigan 40 years ago https://fightsatw.com/40-years-later-stevie-cruz-still-feeling-effects-of-scorching-mcguigan-upset-but-im-still-kicking/

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Former Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks in Monaco on June 23, 1979.

Spinks is preparing for his fight with undefeated (21-0) South African heavyweight Gerrie Coetzee on the 24th.

It will be Spinks first fight after losing the heavyweight title back to Muhammad Ali, and it won't

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57 years ago, Joe Frazier defeated Jerry Quarry by RTD in round 7 of 12 to retain the NYSAC heavyweight title. The fight was awarded Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.

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40 yrs ago June 23: Stevie Cruz outpoints Barry McGuigan over 15, wins WBA 126lb title, @CaesarsPalace LV. With assist from early start time & 110-degree outdoor heat, Ft Worth’s Cruz - subbing for hurt Fernando Sosa - drops Irish superstar 2x in 15th to secure shocker. 1986 FOTY

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Although I'm fortunate to be successful enough in life where I can afford this paywall... I simply do not want to. The NFL packages are just as exorbitant. Sports programming in general has become indefensibly expensive for the diehard fan.

Two-time World Featherweight Champion Sandy Saddler was born in Boston, Massachusetts, #OnThisDay in 1926.

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Lennox Lewis slams Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs with a right hand in Atlantic City in 1998. Lewis would score three knockdowns before winning by fifth round TKO to bolster his claim to being the true undisputed champion of the world. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Former heavyweight king Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey pictured #OnThisDay in 1927 as they sign contracts for a 15-round clash at Yankee Stadium in New York to take place on July 21. The pair inked their names in front of press gathered at the skating rink atop the Madison Square

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Heavyweight king Max Baer fools around with Primo Carnera while visiting the deposed champion in hospital #OnThisDay in 1934. "The Ambling Alp" was bedridden at Columbus Hospital in New York after sustaining a fractured right ankle and ligament damage when he lost his title to

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"Ancient" Archie Moore retained the world light heavyweight crown #OnThisDay in 1955 with a Round 3 KO of Carl "Bobo" Olson at the Polo Grounds in New York.

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Happy Birthday to former Undisputed Welterweight World Champion Don Jordan. Sadly he was killed in 1997 at the age of 62. 🥊🙏🏼

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Suited, booted and enjoying a smoke - the immaculately dressed and newly crowned World Heavyweight Champion Jack Sharkey pictured puffing on a cigar #OnThisDay in 1932 at the Park Central Hotel in New York. Sharkey had bagged the title the previous evening with a 15-round split

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Program for the Ezzard Charles-Jersey Joe Walcott, June 22, 1949, showdown for the vacant heavyweight Championship at Comiskey Park in Chicago.

This was the first of their meetings for the heavyweight title.

The NBA World Heavyweight Championship had become vacant with the

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