Browsing Tag Cassius Clay

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  Billy Conn: Risk vs Reward

  “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.”      — Soren Kierkegaard Over the decades we have been told time ...

  On July 17, 2021 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  May 25, 1965: Ali vs Liston II

  Just how controversial was this particular clash for the heavyweight championship of the world? Let us count the ways. First, there was the fact that its prelude, Clay ...

  On May 25, 2021 / By Robert Portis
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  May 21, 1966: Ali vs Cooper II

  Looking back, it’s easy to forget that until the early 1970s and his punishing wars with Bonavena, Frazier, Norton and Foreman, many seriously questioned the toughness of Muhammad ...

  On May 21, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  March 13, 1963: Clay vs Jones

  No matter how impressive the amateur credentials, or how good they look in the gym, you can never know what a prospect is made of before they are ...

  On March 13, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  The Blood Feud

  HBO’s 2008 film Thrilla In Manila is a sports documentary with an agenda; not necessarily a bad thing, but when a bias obscures and twists the truth, as happens here, ...

  On March 7, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Feb. 25, 1964: Clay vs Liston I

  An earthquake. The ground collapsing beneath one’s feet. All that is established and familiar giving way to things new and strange and frightening. We’re only human so don’t ...

  On February 25, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 Reasons Why Muhammad Ali Is The Greatest

  Today is the anniversary of the birth of the amazing athlete who changed boxing forever and, as we must each year, we take time to celebrate his life ...

  On January 17, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Requiem For A Heavyweight

  In its visual style and heady narrative, Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) resembles few other films of its genre and ranks among the greatest boxing movies of all ...

  On November 29, 2020 / By Marko Sijan
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  Oct. 26, 1970: Ali vs Quarry I

  Following his successful defense of the heavyweight championship of the world against Zora Folley in March of 1967, Muhammad Ali’s boxing career came to a sudden, though not ...

  On October 26, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  The Mysterious Champion

  Few champions have ever inspired as much public ambivalence, mistrust, and scorn as Sonny Liston. The frequently violent events of a life spent underneath the bright lights of ...

  On May 9, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 15

  Time for another edition of The Fight City podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash who this week is joined by site editor Michael Carbert. Strap in, as Alden breaks down the chaos at ...

  On February 26, 2019 / By Alden Chodash