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Entries tagged with "Iran+Barkley":

• Local Fighters, Local Fights – July 16th, 2011

  Tonight was a throwback—two hard-nosed fighters fighting each other, struggling the way contenders need to struggle...
  
  

• Mayweather-Ortiz: The Caveats – September 12th, 2011

  Floyd will employ old school shoulder rolls, angles, left elbow push offs, and he will selectively target his shots early on…
  
  

• The Case for Jorge Fernando Castro in the Hall – October 16th, 2011

  Many thought it was time for Castro to finally end his long and glorious career and considered it a wonder that he would fight again…
  
  

• The Case for Nigel Benn in the Hall – October 20th, 2011

  Some say that Nigel Benn is mostly a "forgotten warrior" perhaps because he will forever be linked to Gerald McClellan…
  
  

• Manny Pacquiao? Calm Down, Dear! – November 10th, 2011

  Lord, how we need him. Take away Manny and our battered old sport would be depressingly lacking in vintage talent...
  
  

• 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...
  
  

• Iran Barkley: The Man Who Beat The Man – January 14th, 2012

  Perhaps Iran, so tough, so fearless, so uncompromising in the ring, was damaged by these same qualities outside the ring…
  
  

• Roberto Duran vs. Iran Barkley – February 4th, 2012

  There was only one Roberto Duran. But come to think of it, there was only one Iran Barkley as well. Duran, aka Manos de Piedra (Hands of Stone), met Barkley, aka The Blade, on Feb. 24, 1989, at the Atlantic City Convention Center for Barkley's WBC middleweight title. Six months earlier The Blade shocked the world no less than he shocked Thomas "Hitman" Hearns with a dynamic TKO3. The legendary Duran was 84-7 going into the fight with The Blade. The less legendary but no less rugged Barkley was 25-4. The Ring awarded Duran-Barkley Fight of the Year honors for 1989, and for good reason...
  
  

• Four Kings Reunite in Canastota – March 19th, 2012

  
  
  

• Postcard From Panama: Duran’s Place – March 19th, 2012

  One hundred and nineteen of those battles and still here, still a pistol, and in great shape this GRAND CHAMPION DURAN…
  
  

• Two Guns, Six Heads and Three Fouls – May 8th, 2012

  In the end, when they tally up the guys who fight under the creed of “anything goes,” Teddy Reid's name will be near the top…
  
  

• The Turnaround – May 11th, 2012

  The fight was televised on ABC’s Wide World of Sports, but it was an afternoon show in the spring and many fans missed it…