All posts tagged "muhammad ali"
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BoxingIt Happened: Jim Lampley’s New Book Covers His Wide World Of Sports
After working for 50 years as a Hall of Fame sportscaster and the voice of the world’s greatest events, including nearly every major sport and 14...
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WorldwideOmari Jones Making Boxing Moves in 2025
Super welterweight prospect Omari Jones of Orlando, Florida, is wasting no time getting back in the ring after his successful professional debut on March 15. Dressed...
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BoxingBig George Foreman: His Presence Could Not Have Been Any Bigger
How could George Foreman die? The world just doesn’t feel right without Foreman amongst the living. Entertainers come from all spectrums of art; actors, musicians, comedians,...
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BoxingBoxing Legend George Foreman Dead at Age 76
Charismatic boxing champion George Foreman died Friday at age 76. The news was posted via an announcement on Foreman’s official Instagram account early Friday evening. It...
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BoxingMike Tyson, and Boxing’s Biggest Bullies
Mike Tyson has to be at or near the top of the “Boxing’s Biggest Bullies” list. There are many ways to identify a bully. Let’s use...
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BoxingHappy Birthday, Chuck Wepner
As hard as it is to believe, former heavyweight contender Chuck Wepner, who challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1975 and became the prototype...
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WorldwideShowboaters Include Cassius Clay, Ray Leonard, Roy Jones, Naseem Hamed and Ben Whittaker
It was April 2002 and through 11 rounds, Marco Antonio Barrera had been dominating “Prince” Naseem Hamed. It wasn’t so much that Barrera was winning –...
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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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WorldwideNYF Prospect Watch: Demontaze Duncan, from Louisville
Demontaze Duncan would like to be mentioned with the big dogs of Louisville, Kentucky boxing. It’s the hometown of some of the greatest fighters in the...
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WorldwideBest Boxer of All Time
Best boxer of all time is a matter of opinion. The sport of boxing has had many great champions over the years. Although the game has...
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WorldwideUsyk 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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WorldwideNYF 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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WorldwideNYF 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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USABiaggio 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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NewsNico 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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WorldwideTim 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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WorldwideJackie 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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WorldwideThe 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...
Three Peat for Katie Taylor Concludes Taylor Serrano 3 Trilogy in NYC
Undercard Results: Cherneka Johnson Makes Boxing History at MSG
Greatest WWE Wrestlers Of All Time: Legends Who Changed Wrestling Forever
Berlanga and Stevenson Cause Ring III News Conference Chaos
Taylor Serrano 3: Preview & Predictions
Star Boxing Brings Fights Back To Westchester County Center Saturday
Richardson Hitchins Takes Risk For Big Reward, Stops Kambosos Jr.
Weekend Boxing Schedule: Hitchins vs Kambosos Jr. Top Pick
Star Boxing Delivers Exciting Return at Westchester County Center
