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Throwback Thursday: Mike McTigue Slips Past Tiger Flowers

0 comments by on 4/16/2015

Is boxing merely reflection of what we are? Or does combat create that which we aspire to be? Heroes, villains, martyrs and murderers are created at the bend of a knee to boxing’s stubborn rule, and the 1920s busted at the seams with tropes, devices and pugilistic deus ex machinae. A man named Mike McTigue […]

Throwback Thursday: Mickey Walker Evens Score With Maxie Rosenbloom On Points

0 comments by on 5/8/2014

Most boxing fans should be familiar with the term “crossroads fight.” For those who aren’t familiar, a crossroads fight is defined as one where the career trajectory of both men seem to be divergent. Bouts where youngsters face veterans often fit the description. In those match-ups, it sometimes happens that the guy supposedly fated to […]

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