44 Years Ago Today: Two Greats Give Way Too Much In “The Thrilla In Manila”

10/01/2019 James Slater

Ali’s Official Twitter Page Asks: Which HW Of Today Would You Like To See Spar “The Greatest?”

09/20/201909/20/2019 James Slater

Muhammad Ali, absolutely and undeniably the greatest heavyweight champ in history, has left us (over three years ago now since Ali, the X3 champ departed this dimension), yet his legacy lives on, and it always will.

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The Ali-Norton Rivalry: as close as you can get

08/30/201908/28/2019 James Slater

Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton, who fought three engrossing battles over a three-year spell, have both left us; Norton passing away in September of 2013, Ali passing away in June of 2016.

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Ali: The Exile Years

05/29/201905/28/2019 James Slater

It was the height of America’s most unpopular (some would say needless) war, and Muhammad Ali, having been ordered to fight in Vietnam, refused and was almost universally vilified as a result.

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Mike Tyson On Muhammad Ali: There’s No Way Other Fighters Can Match Him

03/14/201903/14/2019 James Slater

It’s coming up three years since The Greatest, Muhammad Ali, passed away. Yet no-one will ever forget him, least of all hardcore fight historian and fellow great Mike Tyson.

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Which Fight Was Greater: Ali vs. Frazier I or Ali vs. Frazier III?

08/21/202403/08/2019 James Slater

There has never been anything quite like the ferocious rivalry between heavyweight kings Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Their bitter, truly intense and very special rivalry comprised of three fights, two of them of the epic, never, ever to be forgotten variety, with the two men fighting their hearts out in 1971, 1974 and in 1975.

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55 Years Ago Today: Muhammad Ali – The Sport Would Never Be The Same Again

02/26/201902/26/2019 James Slater

55 years ago, the sporting world, indeed the world in general, was getting over the enormous shock 8/1 underdog Cassius Clay had caused by beating “invincible” heavyweight champion Sonny Liston.

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45 Years Ago: “Super-Fight II,” Ali Gets His Revenge Over Frazier

01/28/2019 James Slater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBhV0I6ISc

On this day 45 long years ago, heavyweight greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met in their anticipated rematch: “Super-Fight II.”

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Anthony Joshua Names His Three Greatest Heavyweight Champs

12/29/2018 James Slater

Like many fighters before him, Anthony Joshua is a huge fight fan (it seems obvious a successful fighter would be a fan of his chosen sport but there are exceptions: Jermain Taylor for example, who said as champ that he is no boxing fan) – and AJ is also a student of the history of boxing.

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Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman: Ali’s Masterpiece Is 44 Years Old Yet The Many Myths Remain

10/30/2018 James Slater

When something truly stunning, genuinely shocking occurs, it is all but impossible for many people to accept what they have seen, with their own eyes, at face value (see the Kennedy Assassination and all the wild and crazy theories many millions of people still cling to in an attempt to rationalize that sad day in Dallas).

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