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...]
The Fistic Flashback: 4-7-1991, Holmes-Berbick…II?
This was one of the more comical WWE moments for the sweet science, when Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick engaged in an impromptu rematch of sorts, not in the ring however, but in the streets of Hollywood, Florida just over 25 years ago. It was April 7th 1991 and Holmes had just knocked out Tim Anderson. It was the former heavyweight champs first fight in three years, having … [Read more...]
THE BEST CAMEOS BY BOXERS IN MOVIES
THE BEST CAMEOS BY BOXERS IN MOVIES Hollywood has always had an affinity for boxing films. Boxers have appeared in cameo roles as themselves, as other boxers, and other roles as bit parts. Even some boxers like Randall “Tex” Cobb found himself a second career in Hollywood as a character actor. Here are some of the more notable cameos by your favorite boxers including Sugar … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Thomas Hearns vs. Terry Norris
by Fox Doucette It's Fan Week here at Historical Fight Night, and thanks to the good folks at the Mythical Boxing Facebook group, we've got a tripleheader---that's right, when one fight ain't enough, and two is too low, you need THREE fights for your reading pleasure. The main event pits two guys who were great junior middleweights but a little too vulnerable to the big shot … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Joe Frazier vs. Larry Holmes
by Fox Doucette It's Here's To The Losers Week on Historical Fight Night, as we turn the normal formula around and instead of turning on the time machine and going back to our combatants at a moment of great triumph, we have four heavyweights pulled from moments where they suffered devastating losses from which their careers never recovered. In the main event, Joe Frazier … [Read more...]