48 Years On, And Still NO Heavyweight Battle Has Topped What Ali And Frazier Did In Manila 09/30/202309/30/2023 James Slater The recent passing of fine boxing commentator and all-around good boxing guy “Colonel” Bob Sheridan took away one more of the last links to the greatest world heavyweight title fight of them all. read full article
50 Years Ago: Ali-Norton II – Repeat Or Revenge? 09/10/2023 James Slater Half a century ago today, former heavyweight king Muhammad Ali was on a mission to put things right. Ali, at age 31, was no longer the dancing master he had once been. read full article
R.I.P Michael Parkinson, The Man Who Brought Out The Best (and worst) In Muhammad Ali 08/17/2023 James Slater A national treasure here in the UK, Michael Parkinson, for so many of us THE king of the chat show hosts, passed away today at the advanced age of 88. read full article
Sky Sports List Of The Top Five Greatest Ever American Boxers Sure To Spark A Debate 07/05/2023 James Slater Yesterday was, as you, of course, know, the Fourth of July. Independence Day. A huge date in American history. And in boxing history. read full article
60 Years Ago Today: Clay Vs. Cooper And The Birth Of A Myth That Endured For Decades 06/18/2023 James Slater Sixty years ago today in London, England, a fight took place that grew and grew mythologically, with each passing year adding more and more willing believers of the myth. read full article
Muhammad Ali: Seven Years Gone, Never To Be Forgotten 06/03/2023 James Slater Was it really seven years ago when the one and only, the truly incomparable Muhammad Ali passed away? It was indeed. read full article
50 Years Ago Today: Ken Norton Scores Huge Upset Over Muhammad Ali 03/31/2023 James Slater The boxing world was still getting over the momentous shock a young, raw, and savagely powerful George Foreman unleashed in January of that year; “Big George” destroying an unbeaten Joe Frazier to take the world heavyweight crown. read full article
Which Heavyweight Super Fight Do You Prefer – Ali-Frazier I or Ali-Frazier III? 03/08/2023 James Slater Muhammad Ali’s first titanic battle with his fiercest rival, Joe Frazier, is an old fight now. A very old fight. It was on this day, March 8 in 1971, when the “Fight of the Century” gripped the entire world. read full article
Ali, Foreman, Dundee, and Goodman – And The “Loosened Ropes” Myth 03/07/2023 James Slater If any fight fan of a certain age or education hears talk of how purposely loosened ropes played a huge part in the outcome of a fight, they instantly and reflexively think of the heavyweight epic that took place in the heart of Africa back in October of 1974. read full article
On This Day: “Super Fight II” And Ali Gets Revenge Over Frazier To Earn A Shot At Foreman 01/28/2023 James Slater Often referred to as a let-down of a fight, certainly compared to the sensational warfare Ali and Frazier engaged in their first and third fights, “Super Fight II,” which took place on this day back in 1974, was nonetheless an interesting fight. read full article
