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Score It!... Holmes/Witherspoon (Part 2)
Yesterday, we looked at rounds 1-6 of the controversial 1983 heavyweight title fight between champion Larry Holmes and challenger Tim Witherspoon. Today, we move on to the second half of the fight.Let...
Score it!... Holmes/Witherspoon (Part 1)
For this month's scorecard feature, The Boxing Bulletin looks back to the night Larry Holmes put his heavyweight title on the line against young Tim Witherspoon. With only fifteen fights to his name, ...
Mark's Top 40 at 40: (25-21)
It's time for another installment of the Mark Lyons Top 40. If you've been following along, you know that Mark was born 40 years ago, and in honor of reaching the big Four-O, he's counting down the 40...
Boxing's Best Seniors - 10 Big Wins From Fighters Over 40
By Andrew FrumanGiven the phsyical demands and punishing nature of the sport, it's not surprising just how few boxers have been able to post significant wins in their forties. Glen Johnson will be loo...
Little Giants: David Haye Looking to Make History
When David Haye climbs into the ring later today to take on WBA heavyweight titlist Nikolai Valuev, he'll be looking to make history as best I can tell. Should Haye win the fight, he will have set a r...
Pat Morita, Jay Leno and Tex Cobb in Collision Course
Man, if there were ever a movie I absolutely MUST SEE... My two favorite Tex Cobb quotes from his fighting days: 1. During the Holmes massacre, referee Mills Lane asks Cobb, "Do you know where yo...
Lennox Lewis leads the 2009 Hall of Fame class
Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis -- the last real world heavyweight champion -- heads up the 2009 Hall of Fame class, elected on his very first year of eligibility. Lewis retired in 2003...
Looking back on Holmes-Ali
The end of Muhammad Ali, and the real, definable start of Larry Holmes' era.
Hall of Fame weekend approaches
Bad Left Hook simply wants to again recognize and congratulate the upcoming inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY. This weekend is the big one! LARRY HOLMES 69-6 ca...
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