Following his surprise defeat to Muhammad Ali in one of the most historic fights in boxing history, George Foreman returned from Africa not just a former champion, but ...
On January 24, 2021 / By Michael CarbertThe latest biography of Muhammad Ali, surely the most written-about boxer in history, is also the longest, and will be among the best-selling and most-read. Jonathan Eig’s Ali: A ...
On January 18, 2021 / By Michael EzraToday 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 CarbertThey billed Foreman vs Cooney as “The Preacher and The Puncher,” but it quickly became known as “The Geezers at Caesars,” this unique crossroads battle between two aging ...
On January 15, 2021 / By Michael CarbertYou can call him, as we do, the best southpaw in boxing history. Or you can call him, as we do, the best boxer of the 1990’s. Or ...
On January 2, 2021 / By Lee WylieIf James Braddock is “The Cinderella Man,” then what do we call Arnold Cream, aka Jersey Joe Walcott? Braddock’s story of perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable ...
On December 25, 2020 / By Michael CarbertDo we need a special occasion to pay tribute to arguably the most popular and influential prizefighter of all-time? Is there ever a bad time to recall the ...
On December 22, 2020 / By Michael CarbertBad decisions. Robberies. Ridiculous scorecards. Maybe nothing sickens a fight fan more than judges rendering a final verdict which makes a mockery of a hard-fought contest. Sadly, such ...
On December 5, 2020 / By Michael CarbertIn late 1997, George Foreman was among the most well-known names in all of sports, having captured the imagination of the public with his transformation from the sullen ...
On November 22, 2020 / By Hunter BreckenridgeThe glorious second coming of Evander Holyfield had manifested itself a full year previous to his rematch with Michael Moorer, but it remained for some boxing fans a ...
On November 8, 2020 / By Robert PortisIt was on this day in 1994 that the “impossible dream” was fulfilled. At age 45, former heavyweight champion George Foreman became the oldest man to win the ...
On November 5, 2020 / By Alden ChodashBoxing, they say, is a young man’s game. An obvious fact, one would think, especially for a sport as rough and dangerous as pugilism. But on the other ...
On November 5, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerFew things in all of sports are as electrifying as the one punch knockout and these are the most consequential and stunning of them all. To make the ...
On November 2, 2020 / By Robert PortisFor almost six decades, renowned British sports writer Colin Hart has covered the good, the great, and not so great of sporting events across the world. And back ...
On October 31, 2020 / By Shaun BrownIn 1974, George Foreman reigned supreme. The previous year he had astonished the sports world with his terrifying demolition of Joe Frazier, knocking Smokin’ Joe to the canvas ...
On October 30, 2020 / By Michael CarbertMost boxing fans are familiar with the ancient chestnut, “As the heavyweights go, so goes boxing,” and it would be difficult to argue that the old saw bears ...
On October 18, 2020 / By Robert PortisOn October 7, 1995, top heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Tommy Morrison clashed at the Atlantic City Convention Center for Morrison’s IBC belt, though the title was a minor ...
On October 7, 2020 / By Eliott McCormickFor the purposes of this list, a great victory is one secured in the face of an overwhelming disadvantage, or taken at the expense of a truly great ...
On October 3, 2020 / By Michael CarbertForty-five years later, one still hears the echoes, the reverberations of that final, epic struggle between two boxing legends. After all, it was more than a heavyweight championship ...
On October 1, 2020 / By Michael CarbertNo matter how dismal the fight scene may be at a given time, fans can always cherish and take comfort from the sport’s glorious history. The past is ...
On September 30, 2020 / By Michael EzraIn a time of endless and constant media exposure and thirty second attention spans, it is almost impossible to fully appreciate the larger-than-life fame and popularity of Muhammad ...
On September 28, 2020 / By Michael CarbertIt had been years since Muhammad Ali worked with such intensity and purpose, years since he had forced his body to undergo the torture necessary to reach supreme ...
On September 10, 2020 / By Michael CarbertA.J. Liebling will always be boxing’s literary standard bearer, his masterwork The Sweet Science and other books certain to find appreciative fans through the generations. If there’s a ...
On September 4, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskeyFor the heavyweight division, the 1990’s were total chaos. A complete chronicle of that bizarre decade for the game’s big men reads like a season-long script for a ...
On September 2, 2020 / By Michael CarbertSome would argue that James Toney’s first victory over Mike McCallum, which also happened to be his final defense of his middleweight title, is, all things considered, his greatest ...
On August 29, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskeyA comprehensive roster of boxers who dabbled in the darker arts of ring-craft would rival a catalogue of the soldiers who ringed the walls of Troy, or a ...
On August 24, 2020 / By Michael Carbert“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 August 13, 2020 / By Douglas CavanaughIt takes more than strength, punching power and great conditioning to become a champion prizefighter. Mastery of footwork, angles, feinting, defense and the ability to adapt to an ...
On July 24, 2020 / By Michael CarbertWe got some bad news, fellow fight fans: looks like COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere, at least not for quite a while. So, depending on where you reside, you ...
On July 14, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskeyGolota gets eleven stitches, his head smashed open with a two-way radio. His trainer, 74-year-old Lou Duva, leaves the ring on a stretcher and is taken to hospital. ...
On July 11, 2020 / By David Como“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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