Oct 25 2014
On This Day: Evander Holyfield trounces an overweight James ‘Buster’ Douglas
The win over Mike Tyson proved to be an aberration rather than a trend for the disappointing James Buster Douglas, writes Matt Bevan
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Oct 24 2014
On This Day: Gerry Cooney convinces Ron Lyle to retire by hammering him inside a round
Following this bombastic win over Ron Lyle, Gerry Cooney was expected to get to the very top, writes James Slater
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Oct 20 2014
On This Day: Light-welterweight savage Aaron Pryor was born in 1955
Tris Dixon chronicles the career of a fistic whirlwind, Aaron Pryor
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Oct 19 2014
On This Day: The gifted Meldrick Taylor was born in 1966
Matt Bevan looks back on a career ultimately defined by a split-second call
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Oct 18 2014
On This Day: Ray Mercer volleys Tommy Morrison into gruesome defeat
Matt Bevan looks back on the brutal Ray Mercer-Tommy Morrison showdown from October 18, 1991
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Oct 17 2014
On This Day: Carl Froch edges Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham ices Jermain Taylor as Super Six tournament begins
The wonderful Super Six began with wins for Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham, writes Matt Bevan
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Oct 15 2014
On This Day: World middleweight champion Stanley Ketchel is shot to death
John Dennen reviews the incredible life of Stanley Ketchel, cut tragically short on October 15, 1910
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Oct 11 2014
On This Day: Vitali Klitschko returns to the ring after an absence of nearly four years and dominates Samuel Peter
Vitali Klitschko regains his WBC heavyweight title in impressive fashion
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Oct 10 2014
On This Day: Frank Tate stuns Michael Olajide to win vacant IBF middleweight title in 1987
Tate becomes the first middleweight to be crowned in the post-Marvin Hagler era
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Oct 04 2014
On This Day: Jem Mace’s failure to show up for ‘The Great International Prize Fight’ leaves Joe Coburn furious
Jamie Casey plots the timeline of Joe Coburn’s proposed bout with Jem Mace, 150 years on from one of the first fights to court attention from both sides of the Atlantic
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Oct 03 2014
On This Day: Marvin Hagler batters Mustafa Hamsho in 11 rounds
The original NY Times report from the October 3, 1981 world middleweight title fight