Entries tagged with "Arthur+Mercante":
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Tough Guy, Huh? – March 22nd, 2013
Jack Johnson, who once had the honor of beating Langford, said that he was "the toughest little son of a bitch that ever lived." He sure was…
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Time in a Hurry—Foreman Was Never Better – January 17th, 2013
Something special was taking place. All those fantasy dream fights of who would have won, Frazier or Marciano, Frazier or Dempsey, were being shunted aside...
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Dick Tiger vs. Henry Hank: A Golden Era of Middleweight Boxers – December 17th, 2012
For Tiger, the bout with Hank proved to be the final eliminator before challenging and defeating Gene Fullmer for the world middleweight championship...
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Runaway Train: The Prime George Foreman – May 9th, 2012
Those opponents who saw any light at the end of the tunnel were usually staring at Foreman’s oncoming train...
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The Great Comeback: Floyd Patterson – April 11th, 2012
Patterson was a deeply sensitive man, the kind of rare soul who rarely uttered a derogatory word about others...
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Johansson vs. Patterson: “The Hammer of Thor” – March 20th, 2012
"Ingemar looks good physically…so does Errol Flynn—and Errol couldn’t fight his way out of a roomful of gorgeous blondes...”
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Mills Lane: Let's Get It On! – March 8th, 2012
Lane knew he had moved to a new level of celebrity after the fight when he sold his bloodstained shirt to a collector…
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Steve Smoger: Master of an Art Form – December 25th, 2011
Smoger, the real article, speaks for itself, and by action, for himself. There is no need to draw attention...
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Does the Referee Pool Need New Blood? – December 11th, 2011
Perhaps referees like Italian Massimo Barrovecchio and Panamanian Hector Afu can be part of a seminar for new and/or aspiring amateur referees...
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Jerry Quarry’s Greatest Hits – November 3rd, 2011
We kept tuning into the next episode because we had to see whether he would finally put the pieces together and cross the finishing line...
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Enter Massimo – September 24th, 2011