Browsing Tag Jimmy Ellis
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April 27, 1968: Ellis vs Quarry
In June of 1967, a jury found world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali guilty of draft evasion for his refusal to join the military and participate in the war ...
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Feb. 16, 1970: Frazier vs Ellis
Following Muhammad Ali’s refusal to be drafted into the U.S. Army in June 1967 and his being relieved of both his title and his license to box, the matter ...
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Dec. 7, 1970: Ali vs Bonavena
You can take issue with his politics, label him a braggart and a loudmouth, make an inventory of all the lucky breaks he got, and even insist that ...
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Nov. 18, 1970: Frazier vs Foster
When former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier died in 2011 it came as a shock to the boxing world. After all, he was a mere sixty-seven years of age ...
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Oct. 26, 1970: Ali vs Quarry I
Following his successful defense of the heavyweight championship against Zora Folley in March of 1967, Muhammad Ali’s career soon came to a grinding halt. The following month he ...
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Oct. 1, 1975: Ali vs Frazier III
More than four decades 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 ...
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The Case Against Big George
In a recent article contemplating a fantasy rematch between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, esteemed boxing writer Thomas Hauser stated that people who “really know” boxing regard Foreman ...
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Angelo Dundee: 1921-2012
In the long history of boxing, few trainers have had the impact of Angelo Dundee who died of an apparent heart attack in Florida yesterday. He was 90 ...
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