by Fox Doucette Happy first anniversary to Historical Fight Night, which first ran as a one-off spinoff pilot to replace the old What If series before moving into its new home as a weekly series after ESPN's Friday Night Fights went off the air. The first episode of the series ran on May 29, 2015...tomorrow marks a year and over 100 fights since it began (and, as with all … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Arturo Gatti vs. Ruslan Provodnikov
by Fox Doucette We've got a tale of two styles on tonight's card at the Historical Fight Night Arena. And I don't mean in the main event, oh no. You're getting exactly what the names on the ticket would imply you're getting, as Arturo Gatti and Ruslan Provodnikov are set to fight an absolute war. The contrast comes between the main event and the co-feature. As brutal and … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Carlos Palomino vs. Pipino Cuevas
by Fox Doucette One of the most-wanted fights by fans in the late Seventies was Carlos Palomino vs. Pipino Cuevas; one held the WBC belt, the other the WBA, but there was never a unification fight to bring the two titles together. The Temporal Commission, with a time machine and the ability to threaten to send a guy back to the Roman Empire with a cross around his neck if he … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Gennady Golovkin vs. Mustafa Hamsho
by Fox Doucette Triple G hasn't fared well on this show. When he fought Marcel Cerdan, the Frenchman stopped him in seven. When Golovkin faced off against John "The Beast" Mugabi, the Beast shredded him in three. The consensus of the Temporal Commission is that we're going to go steadily down the ranks of middleweight quality opposition until we find a guy Golovkin can beat, … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Esteban De Jesus vs. Pernell Whitaker
by Fox Doucette We've got a beauty of a main event tonight. The only man ever to beat Roberto Duran at lightweight, Esteban De Jesus, up against the slickest defensive fighter, certainly of his era, and possibly of all time, Pernell Whitaker, and it's a 135-pound contest, when Sweet Pea was at the height of his powers defensively and had much quicker hand speed than he carried … [Read more...]