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It's become somewhat of a tradition for our Friday Night Fights feature to take inspiration from an upcoming fight. This evening is no different. With Nonito Donaire, one of the best in the fight game at this very moment, preparing for a showdown with what many consider to be his most dangerous opponent yet, Guillermo Rigondeaux, we figured it was time to hop in the time machine.
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Showing posts with label fights. Show all posts
Friday, 12 April 2013
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Hector Camacho versus Bazooka Limon
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In 1983, Bobby Chacon and Hector Camacho were scheduled to battle it out for Chacon's WBC Super Featherweight title. Chacon refused to make the trip to Puerto Rico for the fight, perhaps sensing that an already tough fight could only be made even tougher by fighting in front of a rabid crowd of Boricuas. In stepped Bazooka Limon, Chacon's fabled nemesis. If you've ever watched a Limon fight you have probably put together he was afraid of very little. He was also one of the best in his division at the time. Camacho showed absolutely no fear, taking on a vastly more experienced opponent only 22 fights into his career. He made him look very, very bad. It was the start of an impressive career spanning four decades and seven different weight classes. His passing, last Friday, was yet another major loss to the sweet science. Always entertaining, never intimidated, Camacho will be sorely missed by fans of all ages.
In 1983, Bobby Chacon and Hector Camacho were scheduled to battle it out for Chacon's WBC Super Featherweight title. Chacon refused to make the trip to Puerto Rico for the fight, perhaps sensing that an already tough fight could only be made even tougher by fighting in front of a rabid crowd of Boricuas. In stepped Bazooka Limon, Chacon's fabled nemesis. If you've ever watched a Limon fight you have probably put together he was afraid of very little. He was also one of the best in his division at the time. Camacho showed absolutely no fear, taking on a vastly more experienced opponent only 22 fights into his career. He made him look very, very bad. It was the start of an impressive career spanning four decades and seven different weight classes. His passing, last Friday, was yet another major loss to the sweet science. Always entertaining, never intimidated, Camacho will be sorely missed by fans of all ages.
Saturday, 10 November 2012
Farewell, Carmen.
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It's been a tough couple of years for boxing losing some of it's greatest ever fighters and personalities. Unfortunately we've lost yet another one, with Carmen Basilio having passed away. We've written far too many tributes and obituaries over the course of doing this site, and it's only coming up on a year since we started it. Sometimes it's nice just to remember the good times, rather than focusing on a loss. So here we have Carmen taking on world welterweight champion Tony DeMarco in their first meeting. Maybe the finest moment in Basilio's in ring career and a great fight to boot.
It's been a tough couple of years for boxing losing some of it's greatest ever fighters and personalities. Unfortunately we've lost yet another one, with Carmen Basilio having passed away. We've written far too many tributes and obituaries over the course of doing this site, and it's only coming up on a year since we started it. Sometimes it's nice just to remember the good times, rather than focusing on a loss. So here we have Carmen taking on world welterweight champion Tony DeMarco in their first meeting. Maybe the finest moment in Basilio's in ring career and a great fight to boot.
Friday, 5 October 2012
FNF: Jamie Moore versus Matthew Macklin
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For The Suits loves boxing. As if there was any doubt. But we figured we might as well just make it so glaringly obvious one has to accept it. We love everything boxing can be, everything it can encompass. It can be two of the sports worlds biggest celebrities meeting at the MGM Grand Garden Arena amongst the greatest of pomp and circumstance. You know the deal: Michael Buffer handling the introductions, millions of people watching on pay per view and the sports entire fan base waiting on baiting breath through everyone round as two of the sports elite fighters battle it out for supremacy. But that ain't all the sport is. Sometimes it's about two lads giving it 110% in a sweat box in Manchester, England with friends and family screaming themselves hoarse in support of someone they know intimately. Alphabet titles don't matter between the two and many would consider they're fighting for a prize much smaller. But at that moment in time nothing could be more important. For each and everyone round they lay it all out on the line. That is Matthew Macklin versus Jamie Moore. Many only know Macklin as a failed opponent of Sergio Martinez.Yes he lost to Sergio, one of the best fighters in the world at the moment, but he's the kind of fighter who came up the hard way. Jamie Moore was much the same. Not too much glitz and glam. More hard work and dedication to the sweet science. And when these two met, it was explosive. Enjoy.
For The Suits loves boxing. As if there was any doubt. But we figured we might as well just make it so glaringly obvious one has to accept it. We love everything boxing can be, everything it can encompass. It can be two of the sports worlds biggest celebrities meeting at the MGM Grand Garden Arena amongst the greatest of pomp and circumstance. You know the deal: Michael Buffer handling the introductions, millions of people watching on pay per view and the sports entire fan base waiting on baiting breath through everyone round as two of the sports elite fighters battle it out for supremacy. But that ain't all the sport is. Sometimes it's about two lads giving it 110% in a sweat box in Manchester, England with friends and family screaming themselves hoarse in support of someone they know intimately. Alphabet titles don't matter between the two and many would consider they're fighting for a prize much smaller. But at that moment in time nothing could be more important. For each and everyone round they lay it all out on the line. That is Matthew Macklin versus Jamie Moore. Many only know Macklin as a failed opponent of Sergio Martinez.Yes he lost to Sergio, one of the best fighters in the world at the moment, but he's the kind of fighter who came up the hard way. Jamie Moore was much the same. Not too much glitz and glam. More hard work and dedication to the sweet science. And when these two met, it was explosive. Enjoy.
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Ray Mancini versus Duk Koo Kim
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Ray Mancini. Duk Koo Kim. The two names are inextricably linked together in infamy. Ray was the hard luck kid from Youngstown, Ohio. The sort of kid who won his Lightweight Title based almost entirely on the heart he displayed in the ring. His father's advice of "never take a step back" becoming a motto for he lived his life in the ring. Kim was a widely panned challenger for Mancini's WBA Lightweight belt. Mancini's team didn't even want the fight with Kim, thinking him a joke for a mandatory contender. But sanctioning bodies always seem to get their way, no fighter wanting to walk away from being able to call themselves a World Champion and the money and fame that comes along with it.
Ray Mancini. Duk Koo Kim. The two names are inextricably linked together in infamy. Ray was the hard luck kid from Youngstown, Ohio. The sort of kid who won his Lightweight Title based almost entirely on the heart he displayed in the ring. His father's advice of "never take a step back" becoming a motto for he lived his life in the ring. Kim was a widely panned challenger for Mancini's WBA Lightweight belt. Mancini's team didn't even want the fight with Kim, thinking him a joke for a mandatory contender. But sanctioning bodies always seem to get their way, no fighter wanting to walk away from being able to call themselves a World Champion and the money and fame that comes along with it.
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