Fight City NYC

On December 6, 2010, Fight City NYC Welcomed heavyweight contender Sonya “The Scholar” Lamonakis.

Why does Pacquiao-Margarito remind us of Rocky 3?  What are our predictions?  Watch this week’s episode to find out!

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Part 1- Lesnar-Cain, Race in MMA, Does MMA Need a Dominant Heavyweight?

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Fight City NYC welcomes boxing scribe Lee Groves this week.  Groves authored the recently released book, Tales from the Vault: A Celebration of 100 Boxing Closet Classics. In his book, Groves explores 100 of his favorite underrated and forgotten fights.  The richly detailed descriptions of each fight includes historical context, detailed fight action, strategic analysis, epilogues and official CompuBox punch counts, many of which will be seen for the very first time.

Tales from the Vault: A Celebration of 100 Boxing Closet Classics is available at Amazon.com.

100 years ago today, on July 4th, 1910, Jack Johnson defeated hope. That day, hope was represented by boxer James J. Jeffries, who had retired 6 years earlier as boxing’s World Heavyweight Champion. Jeffries came out of retirement for the sole purpose of beating beat Jack Johnson, the first Black man to be World Heavyweight Champion. Jeffries’ mission on Independence Day 1910 was to restore the World Heavyweight Championship to its rightful owners- the White Man. Continue reading →