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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Everyone was wrong about Million Dollar Baby, it was an absolute dogshit movie, I hope everyone's having a great Monday 🥊

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

If more boxing fans were either curious enough about it or capable of even understanding, they'd see that a large portion of the sport's "behind the scenes" history is just a big game of telephone and a lot of it was complete bullshit.

Screenshot of a page from The Ring magazine, with red arrows imposed over the image pointing to text "As Told To Lester Bromberg" and "Editor's Note: This is a condensed version."

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Often I wonder if the time spent researching and essentially trying to teach others about what I've learned when it comes to boxing history is even worth the effort. The percentage of people simply wandering up like a fucking idiot and going "NUH UH" at everything I say just gets higher and higher.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 20/02/2026

one janitor or bus driver does more good work for humanity in a single day than every rich asshole collectively does in their entire lives

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Catholics walking around with ashes on their foreheads all day is the exact same identical twin equal energy as hitting the club while still wearing your boxing media credential (which I have done). Fight me.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Muhammad Ali was reclassified from 1-Y to 1-A by the local draft board #OnThisDay in 1966. The draft status, Ali's response and the fallout all went down in history. Here I talk briefly about Ali and a perceived duty as it relates to other heavyweight champions.

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Patrick Connor: On this day in 1966, Muhammad Ali's draft status changed | The Ring

On February 17, 1966, Muhammad Ali's draft status changed. Patrick Connor takes a look back the impact it had on Ali's career.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

It's a boxing history podcast and the title is self-explanatory. Are there other boxing history shows and podcasts? Sure. They're edited to fuck, but sure. We brush our teeth with this stuff. 📺 youtu.be/zPEAquDXpgg 🔊 knucklesandgloves.com

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

We keep losing fighters who made history. It's inevitable. We don't like it, but we'll do our best to eulogize some of them. 📺 youtu.be/a9HocEhaqDc 🔊 knucklesandgloves.com

Photo collage. Background is a map of the island of Jamaica. In the foreground are three photos of boxer Mike McCallum. Text on top reads "Mike McCallum - 1956 to 2025"

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

This is the ideal boxing poster. You may not like it, but this is what peak boxing poster art looks like.

Art featuring a leafless tree whose branches are outstretched, flexed arms with boxing gloves on the end, in front of an orange and yellow sky. Above the tree, lettering reads "Radio Monte Carlo Presente - Stade Louis II - Monte Carlo - 9 Juillet 1977 - Championnat Du Monde." Below the tree, lettering reads, "Monzon-Valdes - Organise par la principaute de Monaco."

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The great Muhammad Ali scored a bloody stoppage of Henry Cooper while defending the heavyweight championship with a 6th round TKO at Arsenal Football Stadium in London, England #OnThisDay in 1966.

Photo collage of Muhammad Ali and Henry Cooper. Overlaid photo is two men with clenched fists holding them to one another's chin while dressed in nice clothing. The background photo is one of the men raising his boxing glove as if to punch the other, who is leaning back and has blood on his face.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Usually I don't even like boxing movies, because they rarely nail the tone, and the movies that actually do go for a somber or realistic approach make stupid crap up rather than draw from actual insane and ludicrously absurd history stories. "The Great White Hype" is a rare boxing flick I love 👇

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Boxing Movies - The Great White Hype

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I knew I was missing one of my KO Magazine issues. He should've asked first.

Photo of a black and white cat lying asleep on a chair with a boxing magazine in its arms. On the cover of the magazine is heavyweight Mike Tyson.

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Patrick Connor @patrickconnor.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Starting to get what scientists are referring to as “boxing magazine lung”

Stacks of boxes containing vintage boxing magazines in front of bookshelves

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Ernie Terrell, 1960s WBA heavyweight champion who was also a Golden Gloves champion and brother of singer Jean Terrell, was born in Belzoni, Mississippi #OnThisDay in 1935.

Photo collage of Black heavyweight boxer Ernie Terrell. Background photo is a younger Terrell in a white t-shirt and white robe, and foreground is an older Terrell wearing a wet white t-shirt, black body protector and white hand wraps.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

No April Fool's joke here. Here's the new haul (many are duplicates) 🥊

Group of vintage boxing magazines laying flat on a wooden floor.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

"Big" George Foreman, former heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist, has passed away at the age of 76, according to news from his family. Rest well, George Foreman 👑

Photo collage of former heavyweight champion George Foreman with text over it reading “George Foreman” and “1949 to 2025.”

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to the fighting women who have inspired countless others inside the ring and out 🥊

Photo collage of various women boxers, most standing in a boxing pose with fists in front of them.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I grow older, I collect more boxing magazines, but one truth remains: Don't ask for my attention if you don't ACTUALLY want it 😘😉

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Happy 71st Birthday to Alfonso Zamora, hard-hitting 1970s bantamweight champion and 1972 Olympic silver medalist, who was born Alfonso Zamora Quiróz in Ciudad de México, México #OnThisDay in 1954.

Photo collage of a boxer (Alfonso Zamora) with medium-length hair either standing in a boxing pose in boxing gloves or bare-fisted.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Jackie Fields, 1920s and 30s two-time welterweight champion and 1924 Olympic gold medalist, was born Jacob Finkelstein in Chicago, Illinois #OnThisDay in 1908.

Photo collage if a boxer (Jackie Fields). Background photo is a man standing in front of a wall looking past the camera, overlaid photo is the same man slightly older and wearing a boxing championship belt and boxing gloves, standing in a boxing pose.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Really cool opportunity to contribute toward getting a really excellent boxing documentary into some U.S. and U.K. film festivals! That gravelly voice doing narrating is me, sure. But I've gotten a look at the doc and it's objectively awesome. ➡️ www.indiegogo.com/projects/blo...

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Bloodshed trailer

This is "Bloodshed trailer" by Jordan Singleton on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

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Bloodshed trailer

This is "Bloodshed trailer" by Jordan Singleton on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

King "Sugar" Ray Robinson and his championship belts 👑

Photo of a smiling man (Sugar Ray Robinson) standing in a light-colored, short-sleeved collared shirt next to a framed display on the wall containing five world championship boxing belts.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"Big" George Foreman sure loved his luxury cars.

Photo collage of the same man (George Foreman) either standing next to or in a car. Each photo appears to be from the 1970s.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and other stars gather for the Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Special in 1990. Other celebrities included Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Richard Pryor, Clint Eastwood, Dionne Warwick and Magic Johnson.

Group photo of about 20 celebrities wearing formal or semi-formal attire standing in a group and looking toward a camera.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Thank goodness for Corey Erdman bringing these people back to earth with his commentating. Claressa is having an easy time countering and they just keep taking about Perkins’ power

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

That was hilarious. Lacy was trying to get back into the ring and Moore grabbed him back

Photo of two men (boxer Ricardo Mayorga and boxing promoter Don King) arm in arm and laughing heartily

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Boxing media people going after the Black fighter but not the white one who did the exact same thing is really weird* *unless you view boxing media as a collection of stupidass racist meatballs, in which case it was incredibly predictable

Photo of Joe Rogan mid-workout, probably after taking a bunch of steroids.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

As expected, venerable members of the boxing community dedicating hours to discrediting Jackie Tonawanda's hall of fame entrance years after her death on the basis of her being "a fraud" for a fudged record have nothing to say about Cat Davis, the white hall of fame lady who... fudged her record.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

🗣 "[Sugar Ray Robinson] is the greatest I've ever seen in action. They will never get another one like him in the ring in 100 years. He had class all around." - Joe Louis

Photo of two men (Joe Louis and "Sugar" Ray Robinson) dressed in suits, ties, overcoats and fedora-style hats looking away from the camera.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Benvidez threw after the bell first and Morrell responded. Stupidass deduction from the referee, it's that simple.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Cuba's first ever world champion Kid Chocolate and his predecessor Black Bill, who had the same trainer and manager, and who "The Keed" looked up to for several years 🇨🇺

Photo of two men, one seated (Kid Chocolate) and the other standing behind him (Back Bill), both shirtless, grinning and looking at the camera. Text on the photo reads "Kid Chocolate" and "Black Bill."

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Last few rounds, Benavidez's pressure and relentlessness is obviously getting to Morrell, who looks like he's finally succumbing to exhaustion from this kind of fight

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Commentating is a bit too Benavidez-leaning imo. Morrell is doing very well in some of these sequences but you wouldn't really know it

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

🗣 "[Henry Armstrong] was a unique individual, one of the greatest fighters I ever saw. He fought three minutes every round. I saw him in most of his championship fights. He could be classed with the greatest fighters of all time." - Great boxing trainer Ray Arcel

Photo collage. The larger photo is a Black man (Henry Armstrong) wearing dark colored boxing trunks and dark brown boxing gloves while standing in a boxing pose, and the other photo is a circular cutout of an older white man (Ray Arcel). Overlaid on the photo is the text: '"Henry Armstrong could be classed with the greatest fighters of all time." Ray Arcel'

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

"El Flaco Explosivo" Alexis Argüello poses with actor and director Clint Eastwood.

Photo of one man in blue jeans a blue, long-sleeved shirt (Clint Eastwood) holding the fist of another man (Alexis Argüello) with one hand and holding his other hand up to his mouth and contorting his jaw, as if to suggest he just got punched. Argüello is wearing a light-colored suit and tie while smiling.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

🗣 "I am a pioneer, you see. Those who come after me will get a lot more out of this. As far as money goes, I don't think I get what I deserve. I don't even know how much I'll get. I won't get what I deserve until society takes us seriously." - "Lady Tyger" Marian Trimiar

Photo of a Black woman (Marian Trimiar) with short, curly hair and a black tank top appearing to throw a punch toward the camera with a red boxing glove on one hand and the other hand raised in a boxing stance. Behind her, several people are visible outside boxing ring ropes.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Trainer Emanuel Steward watches as heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis trains to face wily contender Andrew Golota in 1997.

Photo of a boxer in a boxing gym in the middle of throwing punches at a heavy bag. The boxer (Lennox Lewis) stands in a boxing stance with dark blue shorts and a purple hair covering, while a man on the left of the photo (Emanuel Steward) looks on while wearing blue sweat pants and a white cut-off sleeve shirt that says "Kronk" in red and blue colors with a red boxing glove.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Billy Bird, London welterweight who fought more than 350 times between 1920 and 1948, scoring 139 knockouts, which is currently thought to be the all-time record.

Photo of a man in light blue boxing trunks standing shirtless in a boxing stance with his fist extended in front of him. Behind him boxing ring ropes are visible, and outside the ring the interior of what appears to be a concert or opera hall are visible.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Floyd Patterson and George Chuvalo fought a savage "Fight of the Year" where Patterson took a close 12 round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in New York #OnThisDay in 1965.

Photo of two boxers in action. The Black boxer on the left (Floyd Patterson) is wearing white boxing trunks with a black stripe and brownish-red boxing gloves, and throwing a punch at the white boxer on the right, who is slightly hunched over while absorbing the punch and wearing black trunks with a white stripe and brownish-red gloves. In the foreground, brown boxing ring ropes are visible.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Bob Foster climbed off the deck to make his first defense of the light heavyweight championship with a wild 1st round TKO of Frankie DePaula at Madison Square Garden in New York #OnThisDay in 1969.

Photo of a Black boxer in red boxing trunks with a white stripe appearing to land a right uppercut on a white boxer in blue trunks. Bordering the photo are red boxing ring ropes.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Paul Pender put and end to the championship days of 38-year-old "Sugar" Ray Robinson with a 15 round split decision at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts #OnThisDay in 1960.

Photo of a Black boxer in white and black striped trunks throwing punches at a white boxer in dark trunks who is backed against the ropes. In the background, light-colored boxing ring ropes and a crowd are visible.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Mike Tyson defended the unified heavyweight title with a 4th round TKO of 38-year-old former champ Larry Holmes at the Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey #OnThisDay in 1988.

Photo collage. Background photo is one boxer in black trunks and wearing red boxing gloves (Mike Tyson) walking toward the camera as a referee appears to wave off a fight while standing over a prone fighter (Larry Holmes), who appears to have been knocked down and/or out. Multi-colored boxing ring ropes and a crowd are visible in the background. The overlaid photo is Tyson connecting with a right hand and following through.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

"Big" George Foreman scored a huge upset to win the heavyweight championship with a shocking 2nd round TKO of "Smokin'" Joe Frazier at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica #OnThisDay in 1973.

Photo of one boxer (Joe Frazier) in the foreground on his back, appearing to have been knocked down, wearing white boxing trunks and orange and green boxing gloves. He is situated just under the bottom boxing ring rope and looking up at the boxer who knocked him down (George Foreman), who is glaring back down at the prone fighter, and wearing red boxing trunks and red and blue boxing gloves. To the side of the photo is a television camera.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Happy 61st Birthday to Nigel Benn, aka "The Dark Destroyer," hard-swinging two-division WBO champion in the 1990s, who was born in Ilford, England #OnThisDay in 1964.

Photo collage of boxer Nigel Benn. Background photo is a Black boxer shirtless and wearing red boxing gloves holding his hands up in a boxing pose with ring ropes and a yellow brick wall visible behind him. Layered on top of those photos are two photos: one of Benn in black boxing trunks and his arms crossed, another smiling a smile that reveals he is missing a front tooth and pointing off-camera, while wearing boxing hand wraps.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Rocky Marciano and Harry Matthews pose after signing to face one another in 1952, with the winner taking on heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott. Marciano would flatten Matthews in two rounds, then score an all-time brutal knockout of Walcott to become the king of the heavyweights.

Photo of three men, from left to right: Harry Matthews, Jersey Joe Walcott and Rocky Marciano. All three are wearing tan or light-colored clothing. Matthews and Marciano appear to be facing off against one another in slight boxing stances as Walcott stands between them, arms crossed, wearing a king's crown.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

"Big" George Foreman was ranked 9th on a list of "Greatest Punchers of All Time" back in 2003. Where would you rank him? And how would Foreman do against today's heavyweights?

Scan of a magazine article based on a list of "Greatest Punchers of All Time." This is a two-page spread with a collage of photo from George Foreman's fights where he scored knockouts, and several paragraphs describing him as a fighter.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Had to update the collection recently. See anyone you recognize? 🥊

Photo of a few dozen boxing magazines from the 1960s and 1970s spread out on the floor of someone who is clearly a complete psycho.

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Boxing History @boxinghistory.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Rocky Graziano, heavy-swinging 1940s middleweight champion, was born Thomas Rocco Barbella in New York City, New York #OnThisDay in 1919.

Photo collage. Background photo is a boxer (Rocky Graziano) with styled, medium-length hair in a boxing pose with thin gloves held in front of him. Overlay photo is the same boxer with his hair spiked upward hold a bare fist in front of his body.

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