Quotes of the Day
Saturday, Apr. 17, 2010
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- Glen Levy
- On 17 April 1860, boxing's inaugural "world title" match took place. Though illegal, sporting historians accept that John C. Heenan vs Tom Sayers was the first of many thousands of "fights of the century." Here's TIME's selection of the best ever bouts
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