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Entries tagged with "Buster+Douglas":

• Greatest KOs in Boxing History – June 18th, 2011

  Everone loves a knockout. And what's not to love? When one man's fists connect with another man's head and he goes crashing to the canvas, everyone's pulse races a little faster. The knockout can not only change the direction of a fight. It can change the direction of a career, the direction of a life...
  
  

• 10 Greatest Upsets in Heavyweight History – April 10th, 2012

  There's nothing like an upset to make one believe. All the questionable decisions that cast doubt on the sport are rendered meaningless when an upset occurs. And when the upset is during a contest between world-class heavyweights, the satisfaction is that much greater. This sampling covers some of the greatest upsets among heavyweights in history and includes Foreman-Frazier, Norton-Ali, Rahman-Lewis, Ali-Foreman, Louis-Schmeling, Clay-Liston, Braddock-Baer, and Tyson-Douglas...
  
  

• Mike Tyson Looks Back – August 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Povetkin-Chagaev vs. Holyfield? – August 26th, 2011

  Holyfield believes that god is in his corner, whispering in his ear, telling his to keep his hands up and chin down, advising him to keep barreling forward…
  
  

• Mayweather-Ortiz: UNSTABLE – September 13th, 2011

  When is the right time to stray from tangibles and take a shot on intangibles? Mayweather is unstable; unpredictable…
  
  

• Jim Lampley: Boxing’s Vibrant Expressionist – November 16th, 2011

  “The bottom line is that boxing attracts literate observers because the psychological confrontation between two fighters is so compelling—and so identifiable...”
  
  

• Rock Solid: Magnificent Marciano – November 27th, 2011

  Now to the big question: How good a heavyweight puncher was Rocky Marciano? The simple answer is that he was one of the true elite...
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part I: Hasim Rahman – January 18th, 2012

  Their storylines can include a David and Goliath, reluctant heroes, tales of redemption, good/evil and old school/new school dichotomies…
  
  

• Return to Sender – February 7th, 2012

  
  
  

• Was the Referee Right or Wrong? – March 12th, 2012

  The third man in the ring sometimes makes blunders. Let's take a look at some of the most controversial correct refereeing decisions of all time…
  
  

• First Round KOs – March 21st, 2012

  Here's a look at some of the most significant early KOs ever to grace the sometimes graceless heavyweight division…
  
  

• Book Review: David Jaco, Spontaneous Palooka – April 26th, 2012

  More important than his very entertaining boxing stories is Jaco’s depth of character as a human being, especially as a father…
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Cotto Predictions – May 5th, 2012

  When the opening bells rings, all the pre-fight hoopla will be reduced to two exemplary fighters stripped to the waist putting it all on the line versus the other...