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1970s Boxing

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1970s Boxing History of Boxing in the 1970s Credit: Ken Regan; Ali.com For many, boxing in the 1970s boils down to two words: “Muhammad Ali.” Yet Ali’s dominance and popularity are a matter of hindsight, and the decade looked very far from being the “Era of Ali” when the Louisville Lip returned from exile in 1970. Ali was still a highly questionable figure outside of African-American circles, and other heavyweights had come to the fore during his three-year absence. Elsewhere in the world, at least as much attention was focused on the great champions of the bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight and middleweight divisions as on the brash American with the Muslim name. Where Boxing Stood in the 1970s Boxing in the 1970s was characterized by dominant world champions. Antonio Cervantes, Alexis Arguello, Bob Foster, Roberto Duran and Carlos Monzon all came to rule their divisions for several years each, and often in the face of substantial opposition. However, the decade is...
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1990s Boxing

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1990s Boxing History of Boxing in the 1990s Recent history only serves to prove the old adage that hindsight is 20-20, and this is especially the case with boxing. Beset by the loss of most of its top draws and most exciting fighters early in the decade, whether it be to age, drugs or jail, many a fan and pundit derided the fighters who came later. In the early-to-mid 1990s, it seemed like no one could catch a break, as every pundit who could draw a breath or type at a keyboard was intent on insisting that so-and-so couldn’t carry the jockstrap of Mike Tyson or Tommy Hearns or was a protected phoney, fed on a diet of old men or European cream-puffs. After several years of continuous griping, the “experts” finally came around and realized what they had, albeit only at the very end and when it was almost gone. Where Boxing Stood in the 1990s By 1990, three of the “Four Kings” — Leonard, Hearns and Hagler — were all either in retirement or fast fading and soon to hang up th...
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1940s Boxing

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1940s Boxing History of Boxing in the 1940s Boxing is usually seen as a sport filled with storybook characters. The feisty cornerman, the shady manager, the swindling promoter, the behind the scenes mob influence, the young champions, the working class heroes and the faded legends, and on down the line from there. The 1940s was a great encapsulation of all of those stereotypical elements in the sport. A decade most remembered as belonging to Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson was filled with other memorable fights and fighters, and many developments within and around the sport. Where Boxing Stood in the 1940s A.J. Liebling said of boxing at the start of the decade: “The Second World War, which began to affect American boxing when the draft came along in 1940, stopped the development of new talent. This permitted aging prewar boxers like Joe Louis and Joe Walcott to maintain their dominance longer than was to be expected under normal conditions.” He continues, commenting o...
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