Video: Muhammad Ali – Top 5 Notable Wins

09/23/201809/21/2018 Rummys Corner

Muhammad Ali is universally recognized as one of the absolute greatest heavyweight champions of all time, and not without good … continue

Boxing’s elder statesman

06/05/2018 James Slater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWA_XyCvew Who really won the epic fight that took place in October of 1974 – Muhammad Ali or George Foreman? … continue

Fighting through the pain: when warriors never quit

06/01/201805/31/2018 James Slater

The great Vasyl Lomachenko did it in his last fight – he fought not only his ring foe but also … continue

Say what?! – Boxing’s finest trash-talkers

05/22/201805/22/2018 James Slater

The art of trash-talking has been around the sport of boxing for decades, with it today being as big a … continue

The Greatest heavyweight comeback

04/26/2018 James Slater

We didn’t in all honestly learn too much from today’s “He’s Back” Tyson Fury presser in Manchester. We’ve known for … continue

Video: Top 10 Heavyweights by decade

03/21/201803/20/2018 Rummys Corner

Ranking fighters across different eras is a tricky business. Who was the greatest heavyweight of all time? That is a … continue

The Fight Of The Century and the two giants who provided it

03/09/201803/08/2018 James Slater

As surely any boxing fan knows, it was on this day – 47 long years ago – when Muhammad Ali … continue

Times Live Top-10 Greatest-Ever Heavyweight Champions list sure to cause debate

02/24/2018 James Slater

It’s a list that pops up every now and then, and boxing fans seem to love it when the debate … continue

50 years ago: The finest heavyweight boxer in history is banned from working his unique magic, is “pretty much broke”

02/22/201802/21/2018 James Slater

Go back 50 years, to 1968, and the greatest heavyweight champion boxer in the sport’s long history Muhammad Ali, was barred from boxing; unable to even earn a living. “I am not allowed to work to earn a living in America, and I’m not allowed to leave the country,” Ali said in explaining his hopelessly unjust plight.

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February 15 in the late ’70s: One heavyweight career begins and another appears to be over – Spinks-Ali, Gerry Cooney

02/15/2018 James Slater

It was forty years ago today when massive underdog Leon Spinks upset The Greatest, in defeating Muhammad Ali to take the world heavyweight crown. Spinks, a veritable novice, shocked the world by winning a fifteen-round split decision in Las Vegas. Was Ali finished, for good? It looked like it, but as we know, The Greatest came back and scored one last win – a revenge win over “Neon Leon.”

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