All posts tagged "muhammad ali"
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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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UK
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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Worldwide
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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Worldwide
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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Missing 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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ESPN 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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Deep 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...
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Pacquiao Vs Thurman [Vol.VII]: Redemption
“If” is such a wistful word. The most wishful two letter word of all-time conquered by a man more than once. If I could write...
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HBO’s What’s My Name?: Muhammad Ali
There are few modern lives that have been covered with the width and breadth of Muhammad Ali’s. The number of books, movies, and documentaries detailing...
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HBO Ali Doc Debuts May 14
HBO debuts a new Muhammad Ali documentary, called What’s My Name, on May 14, 2019.
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Super Agent Prince Comes Back From Opiate Addiction; Micky Ward and Prince In Q n A
UPDATE: Darren Prince reports the Q n A with Micky Ward went quite well. “He shared stories about Dicky and gave a great comparison, that I’m...
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Prospect Watch: Heavyweight Apti Davtaev
There is heavyweight boxing, and there is everything else, a distant second. OK, Team Canelo would perhaps today beg to differ, being that the Mexican (super)...
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Canada
CompuBox Book “Muhammad Ali: By the Numbers” On Sale
COMPUBOX INC. PUBLISHES FIRST BOOK “MUHAMMAD ALI: BY THE NUMBERS” CompuBox, Inc. has published its first book, “Muhammad Ali: By the Numbers,” a 360-page paperback which...
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RIP Muhammad Ali Doctor Ferdie Pacheco aka “The Fighter Doctor”
The circle grows smaller, as is inevitable, and we who revere the legend of the one, the only, the Greatest, must cling tighter to memories, as...
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New Ali Book Hitting Bookstores SOON…NYF Digs Deep With Author Eig
They will still be doing books on the man, ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred years from now. And it is understandable and proper; because Muhammad Ali...
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Hey Manny Pacquiao, You Retire When You Damn Well Want To, OK?
The “he oughta retire” column is one that is seen within the realm of other sports, yes, but more often in boxing, for a simple reason....
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UNANIMOUS DECISION: Tag Heuer/Muhammad Ali Event At Gleason’s A KO Affair
The joint smelled a tiny bit better than it does on an average day, even in a photo scrum of folks trying to snap a pic...
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10 Best Fighters Ever
“They take the greats from the past and compare us/ I wonder if they’d ever survive in this era?/ In a time where it’s recreation to...
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Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Dinner is July 30
LEGENDARY SUGAR RAY LEONARD TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT MUHAMMAD ALI AT NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY ON JULY 30 Ali’s Widow, Lonnie...