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• Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Rocky Graziano – May 16th, 2012

  Few fighters looked good fighting Sugar Ray Robinson. The consensus greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time was a gift from the boxing gods. He had power, moved like dream, and embodied the sweet science at its most profound. Sugar Ray fought Rocky Graziano, the rugged slugger from New York’s…
  
  

• Charley Norkus vs. Danny Nardico – May 15th, 2012

  Heavyweights Charley Norkus and Danny Nardico fought two great fights two months apart in 1954 at the Auditorium in Miami Beach. Quintessentially old school, their first fight was a bona fide thriller. Norkus was 21-11 going in, Nardico’s record was 49-10-4, and the bout was a knockdown festival.…
  
  

• Rubin Carter vs. Florentino Fernandez – May 13th, 2012

  “The kindest thing I can say about my childhood is that I survived it.”—Former middleweight contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter Rubin Carter met Florentino Fernandez at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27,1962. Fernandez was 31-5 going in, having fought such stellar talents as…
  
  

• Arturo Gatti vs. Wilson Rodriguez – May 11th, 2012

  Thrill-a-minute Arturo Gatti met Wilson Rodriguez on Match 23,1996 at the MSG Theater in New York City. Gatti was defending the IBF super flyweight title he won from Tracy Harris Patterson four months earlier. The champ was 24-1 going in. The well traveled challenger was 44-7-3, but came to the Garden…