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On This Day: Welsh legend Brian Curvis died in 2012
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On This Day: Gerardo Gonzalez – AKA Kid Gavilan – born in 1926
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On This Day: Unfathomable heavyweight Andrew Golota born in 1968
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On This Day: One of the toughest fighters ever, Barney Ross, was born in 1909
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On This Day: Chris Eubank defeats dangerous Yorkshireman Henry Wharton
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On this day a year ago Anthony Joshua beat Eric Molina to set up Wladimir Klitschko unification clash
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On this day Floyd Mayweather beat Ricky Hatton
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On This Day: Muhammad Ali halts robust Oscar Bonavena in 15th round
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On This Day: Evander Holyfield beats Dwight Muhammad Qawi in their rematch
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On This Day: Joe Gans, boxing’s first African American world champion, was born
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On This Day: Riddick Bowe wins rubber match with Evander Holyfield
Matt Christie focuses on the last chapter of the brutal Riddick Bowe-Evander Holyfield story