All posts tagged "muhammad ali"
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WorldwideWho Was Tommy Ryan, Really?
Xavier Eboli is standing at the edge of Greenwood Lake in New Jersey. It’s December, so the lake is quiet and empty. The water ripples gently...
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WorldwideMonroe Brooks Remembered For Heart, Not Anemic At All
Boxing in Sacramento was on life-support in the early 1970s, with no main event fighter enough of an attraction for promoter Babe Griffin to confidently finance...
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Usyk vs. Dubois and 5 Biggest Heavyweight Upsets Ever
Usyk vs Dubois is nearly upon us. Daniel Dubois takes on unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on August 26 in Wroclaw, Poland. If the UK heavyweight...
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NYF Archival Hit: “Facing Ali: 15 Fighters / 15 Stories”
By the turn of the century, Stephen Brunt was a well-established, well-regarded sports columnist with a loyal readership at The Globe and Mail, a newspaper he...
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NYF Archives Hit: Thomas Hauser Question and Answer
It may seem that Thomas Hauser has always been consumed with boxing, every hour of every day. That’s not the reality, though. Really. In a wide-ranging...
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Biaggio Ali Walsh Makes His PFL Debut On Nov 25th
At one point in the era of combat sports, UFC was the only game in town, but with the rise of Bellator and now the Professional...
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Nico Ali Walsh Hopes to Break Ali Curse in San Diego
Boxing great Muhammad Ali’s shocking loss to Ken Norton in 1973 is pictured on the wall among the notable historical events at Pechanga Arena San Diego....
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Tim Tszyu Leaves Terrell Gausha Thunderstruck in US Debut
Just two minutes into his much anticipated American debut, the air went out of The Armony in Minnesota when Terrell Gausha of Cleveland dropped Tim Tszyu...
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Jackie Tonawanda aka Female Ali Didn’t Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee…Or Win Single Fight
In 1989, a movie came out called “Field of Dreams.” It starred Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones. It was about an Iowa farmer whose love...
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WorldwideShould We Start Considering Whether Canelo Could Be The Greatest Of All Time?
Mike Tyson once said Muhammad Ali was the greatest of all time, many agree. Floyd Mayweather labelled himself ‘the best ever’ and many boxing purists feel...
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The Beatles: Get Back
You may be asking yourself, what’s an article like this doing in a place like here? Well, when my editor (“Sweet Woodsy,” as my wife calls...
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You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory
For 25 years, I’ve been telling the story of how I spent a day with Muhammad Ali when I worked at Barnes & Noble back in...
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New York
Slam Diego: Navarrete defeats Gonzalez; Santillan dominates Ruiz Friday
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 15, 2021 – Bob Arum, welcome back. What took you so long? After a break of 28 years, Top Rank Boxing returned to...
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Do We Need Ken Burns’ Muhammad Ali?
Whose life has been as well covered as Muhammad Ali’s? Do we really need another Muhammad Ali book, film, documentary, or anything? Many have been asking...
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Gleason’s Gym Boss Bruce Silverglade Recalls Leon Spinks Fondly
Here is a note from Bruce Silverglade, the boss of the famed and fabled Gleasons Gym in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, USA. The gym-runner reacted to the...
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The Biggest Heavyweight Championship Tournament Is Coming To SiriusXM Radio
Get set for the biggest heavyweight championship tournament the sport has ever seen. It is going to be held on SiriusXM Radio and will include everybody—and...
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The Greatest Combination, Boxing and Art
If you have made your way into the famed and fabled Gleason’s Gym, in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, the most well-known boxing gym on the planet, your...
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WorldwideMissing Joe Franklin, Who Was Showbiz “Comfort Food”
Longtime radio and television host Joe Franklin, best known as “Mr. Nostalgia,” was as much of a New York treasure as an egg cream or a...
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WorldwideESPN Offers Boxing Classics, Featuring Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali
It’s turn back the clock time Saturday, as ESPN will be featuring A grade prizefights, featuring top tier pugilists plying their trade. With coronavirus making it’s...
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WorldwideDeep Dive Analysis Of Wilder “King” Video, And Last Word From George Foreman
I was back and forth with George Foreman during fight week, and right after the fight, and the week after Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder, and...
Last Crescendo Keys To Victory: Beterbiev or Bivol?
Beterbiev vs Bivol 2: Weigh-In Photos & Predictions
Shakur Stevenson Carrying The ‘Same Mentality’ Against Josh Padley
Martin Bakole Replaces Daniel Dubois as Opponent for Joseph Parker Saturday
The Quickest Knockouts in Boxing History
Jose Valenzuela Ready for ‘A Lot of Action’ Against Gary Antuanne Russell in March
Ennis Meets Stanionis In Atlantic City for Unification Fight April 12
Five Years Later: A Reflection on Jake Paul’s Impact in The Sport of Boxing
Canelo Álvarez Confirms Four-Fight Riyadh Season Deal
