Boxing : a cultural history

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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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The Top 50 Pound-for-Pound Boxers of All Time

The Top 50 Pound-for-Pound Boxers of All Time Kevin McRae December 9, 2012 Any ranking of the best fighters in boxing history is subjective. It is prone to overrating, underrating and disagreements of all sorts. This will be no different. Picking the best athletes in any sport is a daunting task. It's even more so in an individual sport like boxing.  Do you favor wins and losses? World championships? Quality of opposition?  Or maybe it's longevity, or mainstream appeal? It's a measure of a fighter at his peak and how he compared to and fared against the other great fighters of his era. No matter how you slice it, no two people will ever have the same list.  But that's the beauty of boxing.  With that, we present one man's view of the best 50 fighters in the history of boxing. 50. Salvador Sanchez 1 of 50 Record: 44-1-1, 32 KO Years Active: 1975-1982 Championships: WBC Featherweight If not for his tragic death in an automobile accident in 1982, many boxing obser...
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