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Boxing News readers named the first Ali-Frazier contest as the best fight of the seventies, but what were your choices for the best fights of the 1980s?

Steve Bunce on the hellraiser, Randall Tex Cobb

Pinklon Thomas utilising his jab against Mike Tyson. Photo Credit: The Ring Archives. Pinklon Thomas is a former heavyweight champion of the world who took on all comers facing a murders row of opponents which included; Tim Witherspoon, Trevor Berbick, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Tommy Morrison and Riddick Bowe. However, not one of those ferocious, explosive punchers provided a battle as hard as addiction did. “My toughest opponent was me, myself, because of the drug addiction and stuff I ...

Since the beginning of 2021, the wildest news story has undoubtedly been the mercurial nature of Gamestop’s (GME) share value. The story has many players and many angles, with the ultimate conclusion still to come. One of the most prominent faces of this situation is Keith Gill, also known as TheRoaringKitty on Twitter. He is also known as u/DeepFuckingValue on the WallStreetBets subreddit, commonly accepted as ground zero for the battle between everyday investors and the world’s biggest he...

Leon Spinks remembered Michael Marley pays tribute to Leon Spinks, the fun-loving champion who conquered ‘The Greatest’ MAKING a mockery, an often meanspirited lampoon of his gap-toothed look and mangled speech and even his hair, was a sort of cottage industry for comedians. From Johnny Carson to the brilliant Richard Pryor and far beyond, it was open season on Leon Spinks. Even his 1978 shock victory over Muhammad Ali did not stop the jokes. “Leon was upstairs brushing his tooth” was ...

Leon Spinks’ six-month bender did little to help his chances of beating Muhammad Ali in their New Orleans rematch, writes Steve Bunce IN the minutes before the ring walk a gathering of desperate souls tried their best to act like they had a clue what was going on. They stood in a dressing room, knowing that out there, down the corridor, 63,350 people had packed the New Orleans Superdome to watch the rematch between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks; the fans were chanting and booing and drinking. ...