The Cruelest Sport » HEAVYWEIGHTS http://thecruelestsport.com A Professional Boxing blog Mon, 20 May 2013 16:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 HARD TIMES: The Mystery of the Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard Fight http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/07/hard-times-the-mystery-of-the-jack-dempsey-jess-willard-fight/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/07/hard-times-the-mystery-of-the-jack-dempsey-jess-willard-fight/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 23:29:20 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5543 **** It is, for boxing, as enduring a mystery as the Bermuda Triangle or the identity of the Man in the Iron Mask. On July 4, 1919, in Toledo, Ohio, Jack Dempsey ushered in the Golden Age of Sports with a splatter by massacring defending champion Jess Willard in three of the most bloodcurdling—and one-sided—rounds [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/05/07/hard-times-the-mystery-of-the-jack-dempsey-jess-willard-fight/feed/ 0 RED ARROW: The Mysterious Death of Sonny Liston http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/23/red-arrow-the-mysterious-death-of-sonny-liston/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/23/red-arrow-the-mysterious-death-of-sonny-liston/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:40:09 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5520 **** “You should remember that you were born to die.” Blind Willie McTell **** Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970. His life was a firetrap; his days were dry tinder. A small spark here or there—some ash from a cigarette, perhaps—and the whole ramshackle hovel would go up in roaring flames. You could shovel all the sand [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/04/23/red-arrow-the-mysterious-death-of-sonny-liston/feed/ 0 DARK SUN: Remembering Joe Frazier http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/08/dark-sun-remembering-joe-frazier/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/08/dark-sun-remembering-joe-frazier/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:56:11 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5456 **** Joe Frazier, whose first fight with Muhammad Ali—an event that attracted worldwide attention–sealed his legacy as one of the defining American sports figures of the last 50 years, died of liver cancer on November 7th, 2011. He was 67 years old. Although Frazier was heavyweight champion from 1968 to 1973, he will certainly be [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/03/08/dark-sun-remembering-joe-frazier/feed/ 0 The Dream Becomes the World: Vitali Klitschko-Manuel Charr Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/06/the-dream-becomes-the-world-vitali-klitschko-manuel-charr-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/06/the-dream-becomes-the-world-vitali-klitschko-manuel-charr-preview/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:41:08 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5190 **** Manuel Charr will play the part of Jack Roper opposite Vitali Klitschko—in the role of the white Joe Louis—when the two heavyweights square off on Saturday at the Olimpiyskiy in Moscow, Russia, for the K2 championship of the world. This scrap will be shown via tape delay on HBO to ensure that people will [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/09/06/the-dream-becomes-the-world-vitali-klitschko-manuel-charr-preview/feed/ 0 The Horror of it All: David Haye-Dereck Chisora Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/13/the-horror-of-it-all-david-haye-dereck-chisora-preview/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/13/the-horror-of-it-all-david-haye-dereck-chisora-preview/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:36:18 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5100 **** The spirit of P.T. Barnum makes a transatlantic crossing when David Haye and Dereck Chisora square off in London tomorrow night at Upton Park in a 10-round scrap for the British Empire Dustbin Championship. Barnum, “The Prince of Humbugs,” would no doubt have found his funny bone tickled vigorously week after week knowing that [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/13/the-horror-of-it-all-david-haye-dereck-chisora-preview/feed/ 12 JIMMY BIVINS 1919-2012 http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/04/jimmy-bivins-1919-2012/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/04/jimmy-bivins-1919-2012/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:06:51 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5078 **** “The fight game is a monstrous thing…They just froze me out….They told me I’d get this, I’d get that, if I played ball. I told them, ‘I’m a fighter, not a ballplayer.’” Jimmy Bivins to The Plain Dealer Magazine, 1992

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/04/jimmy-bivins-1919-2012/feed/ 3 ENFORCER: The Life & Crimes of Gus Dorazio http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/02/enforcer-the-life-crimes-of-gus-dorazio/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/02/enforcer-the-life-crimes-of-gus-dorazio/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:19:57 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://dev.mvn.com/thecruelestsport/2009/08/19/enforcer-the-life-crimes-of-gus-dorazio.html **** Gus Dorazio, a fearless but limited contender during the late 1930s and early 1940s, made his name by being pole-axed in two rounds during a championship bid against Joe Louis in 1941. Outside of the ring, Dorazio was notorious for his scrapes with the law. On the fringes of the underworld for most of [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/07/02/enforcer-the-life-crimes-of-gus-dorazio/feed/ 12 Imagine A Day At The End Of Your Life: Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney Revisited http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/11/imagine-a-day-at-the-end-of-your-life-larry-holmes-gerry-cooney-revisited/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/11/imagine-a-day-at-the-end-of-your-life-larry-holmes-gerry-cooney-revisited/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:14:31 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4984 **** They met thirty years ago under the stars in that neon desert of illusion, Las Vegas, drawn together by hate, cynicism, greed. Mere sports seemed like an afterthought that night. On June 11, 1982, hardscrabble Larry Holmes, whose magnificent bitterness had fueled his rise to the heavyweight championship, met affable Gerry Cooney, young, powerful, [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/06/11/imagine-a-day-at-the-end-of-your-life-larry-holmes-gerry-cooney-revisited/feed/ 4 DARK MIRROR: When Max Baer Met Ben Foord http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/17/dark-mirror-when-max-baer-met-ben-foord/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/17/dark-mirror-when-max-baer-met-ben-foord/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 23:29:20 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=403 **** After fraying American purse strings on an outlandish “comeback” tour against an assortment of bindlestiffs and saloonkeepers throughout the Great Plains and Badlands, Max Baer, former heavyweight champion of the world, sailed for England in 1937 in an attempt to jumpstart his stalled career and took on tough competition for the first time since [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/17/dark-mirror-when-max-baer-met-ben-foord/feed/ 8 DIRTY POOL: On David Haye, Dereck Chisora, & Frank Warren http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/15/dirty-pool-on-david-haye-dereck-chisora-frank-warren/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2012/05/15/dirty-pool-on-david-haye-dereck-chisora-frank-warren/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:22:38 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4845 **** A dangerous precedent was set last week when Frank Warren circumvented the British Boxing Board of Control and announced a sideshow between David Haye and Dereck Chisora, two lunatic fringe members looking to cash in on notoriety not earned in the ring. Neither man is licensed to fight by the BBBoC. The fight, which [...]

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