All posts tagged "muhammad ali"
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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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“BeatBoxing: How Hip-Hop Changed the Fight Game“
It’s often the case that fight fans are hip-hop fans, and vice versa. Todd Snyder is no exception. Growing up in a small coal mining town...
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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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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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The Terror Twins Were Both Diddly Boppers
On the streets of the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York, in the 1950s and 1960s, identical twins Petros (Pete) and Nikos (Nick) Spanakos were...
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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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Muhammad Ali Deer Lake Training Camp Has New Life, Same Spirit
Sculps Hill Road is a steep climb through the woods, nothing unusual in rural Pennsylvania. Yet this Schuylkill County lane leads to a uniquely lofty place—Fighter’s...
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WorldwideThe Boldest Black Fighters Ever
Last year, Deontay Wilder evoked Black History Month prior to his rematch with Tyson Fury. It was a bold statement accompanied by an ostentatious ring walk...
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Happiest of Birthdays To Chuck Wepner, A Champion of a Man
Former heavyweight contender Chuck Wepner, who challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1975 and became the prototype for Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” character, turns 82...
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There Didn’t Have To Be Anything Better For Leon Spinks
It shouldn’t be so, but when I think back on Leon Spinks, who died from cancer on Feb. 5, 2021 at age 67, I fixate on...
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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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WorldwideThe Unlikely Legend of Leon Spinks
Before there was Buster Douglas, there was Leon Spinks. One could argue, with some gravity, that Douglas’s “Upset of the Century” over Mike Tyson was largely...
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RING Magazine Offering Special Edition To Celebrate Ali-Frazier I, The Fight of the Century
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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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WorldwideSkeeter McClure: A Hell of a Man
Dr. Wilbert “Skeeter’’ McClure fell in love at 13 and his heart stayed true to that first love until August 7, 2020, the day he passed...
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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...
Sean Strickland Has ‘Unfinished’ Business With Dricus Du Plessis: ‘I’m Gonna Piece Him Apart’
Five Years Later: A Reflection on Jake Paul’s Impact in The Sport of Boxing
Claressa Shields Makes Heavyweight History Sunday In Flint, Michigan
Benavidez Beats Morrell Jr. With Will and Skill
Isaac Cruz, Jesus Ramos Jr. Get Wins
Goodman Out, Ye Joon Kim In Against Naoya Inoue on Jan. 24
Opetaia Wins With Savage Knockout of Nyika
Opetaia vs Nyika: All-Action From Australia on Wednesday, DAZN
Tyson Fury Retires – But Will It Stick?
