The king leaves Giza victorious 👑

Oleksandr Usyk handles business once again, defeating Rico Verhoeven 🥊

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The great ones find a way to get it done, period. Rico could have beat any other heavyweight in the world tonight, props to him. But Usyk is just built different. Even on his worst night, he gets it done.

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Perfectly reasonable scores. Broadcast so caught up in the narrative they forgot to actually watch the fight round by round. This was a “STORY OF THE FIGHT!” broadcast.

Ruben Olivares celebrates after his 6th round TKO of Takao Sakurai (25-1-0 coming in) in a World Bantamweight Title Eliminator Bout, on May 23, 1969, at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Olivares ups his record to 51-0-1 with the win.

Jack Rennie, the manager of World

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Official time of stoppage was 2:59 of rd 11. That stoppage will be litigated until the end of time. #boxing #UsykRico

Happy Birthday to the Great Marvelous Marvin Hagler. He was an Undisputed Middleweight World Champion and 2x Ring Fighter of the Year. In 1985 he was in the Fight of the Year against Hearns. He was inducted in the IBHOF in 1993. Sadly he passed away in 2021 at the age of 66. 🥊

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Rocky Graziano (left) and Jake LaMotta (right) sign on May 23, 1950, for a fight that never happened.

From the New York Times May 24, 1950 edition:

Middleweight Champion Jake La Motta and the former titleholder, Rocky Graziano, yesterday signed official contracts for a

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Classic shot of big underdog Muhammad Ali cracking world champ George Foreman with a perfect straight right in Kinshasa, Africa in 1974. The legendary "Rumble in the Jungle" saw Ali defy the odds and regain the world title by 8th round KO. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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WBA Lightweight Champion Roberto Duran, on May 23, 1976, after scoring a 14th round KO of undefeated (23-0) challenger Lou Bizzaro, at County Field House in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Duran had won a 10-round non-title bout unanimous decision over Saoul Mamby, in Miami Beach, just 19

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#OTD in 1982, Alexis Arguello, Nicaragua’s first boxing superstar, fought Andy “The Hawaiian Punch” Ganigan. It was Arguello’s 19th straight championship fight. Here’s our look at this lightweight title bout. Check it out: https://www.thefightcity.com/may-22-1982-arguello-vs-ganigan-alexis-arguello-andy-ganigan-roman-gonzalez-nicaragua-ruben-olivares-aaron-pryor-don-king-sean-ogrady/ #boxing #history 🇳🇮

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Jack Dempsey fires a wild right hand at world champ Jess Willard in Toledo in 1919. Jack scored seven knockdowns in the 1st round before the much bigger champ surrendered after the 3rd. He would be king of the big men for the next seven years. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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British boxer John Conteh gets a kiss from his mom on May 22, 1973, the day after winning the British, Commonwealth and European Light heavyweight titles against Chris Finnegan.

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Highly regarded 1940's and 50's contender Elbert Thompson, better known as "Turkey" Thompson. Wins over Elmer Ray, Arturo Godoy, Teddy Yarosz, and Pat Valentino. Drew with tough Abe Simon while giving away 70 pounds(!). Final record: 54-15-2. #Heavyweight #History #Boxing

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Sugar Ray Leonard in the corner during his Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) fight at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Montreal, Canada
July 1976

#NeilLeifer #Photography #SugarRayLeonard #LightWelterweight #SummerOlympics #Sports

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Look-alike's, and former Heavyweight Champions, Max Schmeling (left) and Jack Dempsey chat on May 21, 1933, in New Jersey.

The German's last fight was a TKO win over Mickey Walker and he is one year removed from his controversial decision loss (of his Heavyweight Title) to Jack

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Before an overflow crowd James J. Corbett (left) and Peter Jackson (right) fight a 61-round (that's not a typo, the picture is from The Police Gazette, which previewed the bout, by the way) 'No Contest' on May 21, 1891 in the auditorium at the California A.C. in San Francisco,

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