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Interview with Valerio Nati, the European King Who Never Stopped Dreaming
Always believe and never give up, even when everyone counts you out. For Valerio Nati, the great Romagna-born boxer of the 1980s, these words were a true mantra: constantly predicted…
30 Years Ago, Giovanni Parisi Challenged the Great J.C. Chavez
It’s been 30 years since April 8, 1995, when our talented countryman Giovanni “Flash” Parisi traveled to Las Vegas to take on the great Mexican champion Julio Cesar Chavez at…
Naseem Hamed vs Marco Antonio Barrera: A Memorable Boxing Lesson
On April 7th, 2001, the MGM Grand in Las Vegas hosted a highly anticipated featherweight bout destined to be etched in the memory of boxing fans: the undefeated Naseem Hamed…
“Merciless” Ray Mercer: From a Blazing Olympic Run to a Final Strike in the Cage
On April 4, 1961, Ray Mercer was born—a man destined to become a feared and dangerous heavyweight, capable of carving out numerous successes and making life difficult for some of…
The Champion’s Incredible Surrender: Vitali Klitschko vs. Chris Byrd
It has been 25 years since that night on April 1, 2000, at the Estrel Convention Center in Neukölln, when the towering Ukrainian, Vitali Klitschko, lost his unbeaten record and…
John Tate vs. Mike Weaver: Hercules’ Desperate Punch
According to a popular urban legend, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly based on the laws of physics, but since it doesn’t know them, it flies anyway. A similar…
Former World Champion Livingstone Bramble Passes Away at 64
Former lightweight world champion Livingstone Bramble passed away yesterday at the age of 64. He was the first boxer from the state of Saint Kitts and Nevis to win a…
George Foreman Has Passed Away. The Boxing World Mourns Its Gentle Giant
A deep sadness has struck boxing fans worldwide in the past few hours. The news, shared by his family through an Instagram post, is spreading rapidly across newspapers and social…
Luigi Minchillo: The Unstoppable “Ring Warrior”
“Never a step back” is a motto that some boxers could easily have stamped on their ID cards under “distinguishing marks.” These are the fighters with boundless heart, who build…
Joe Bugner: From the Punches of Ali and Frazier to Those of Bud Spencer
For a heavyweight, reaching full maturity in the 1970s was the height of bad luck. Those years, still considered the golden age of the heavyweight division by experts, saw world-class…