Browsing Tag Muhammad Ali

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  Holyfield vs Tyson I

  Intimidation. From the jungles of our primitive ancestors, to the boardrooms of today’s suit-and-tie warriors, the ability to demoralize an antagonist without resorting to physical violence remains a ...

  On November 9, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Foreman vs Moorer: More Than Just One Punch

  It 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, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Nov. 5, 1994: Foreman vs Moorer

  Boxing, 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, 2019 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Oct. 30, 1974: Ali vs Foreman

  In 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, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 32

  Time for a new edition of our podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash! This week he and site editor Michael Carbert recap the great battle that was ...

  On October 28, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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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 ...

  On October 26, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Boxiana 2

  Oct. 25, 1980: Weaver vs Coetzee

  Following Leon Spink’s huge upset win over Muhammad Ali in 1978, the heavyweight title belt was torn in two. The World Boxing Council soon stripped Spinks of their ...

  On October 25, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Ali vs Shavers: The Greatest’s Finest Hour

  No 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 October 8, 2019 / By Michael Ezra
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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 ...

  On October 1, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Sept. 28, 1979: Holmes vs Shavers

  We talk of fighters having a “puncher’s chance,” and that, more than anything else, was what Earnie Shavers brought into the ring at Caesars Palace on this fateful ...

  On September 28, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  Sept. 28, 1976: Ali vs Norton III

  In a time of endless and constant media exposure, 24 hour “news” coverage, and 30 second attention spans, it is almost impossible to fully appreciate the larger-than-life fame ...

  On September 28, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Boxiana 1

  Sept. 21, 1985: Holmes vs Spinks I

  In March of 1985, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes scored a tenth round stoppage of undefeated contender David Bey and then immediately announced that he was done. As in, ...

  On September 21, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Let ‘Em Fight!

  I will no doubt be revealing that I’m out of the loop, and likely over the hill, when I tell you I really have no idea who KSI ...

  On September 13, 2019 / By Sean Crose
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  Sept. 10, 1973: Ali vs Norton II

  It 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, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  ALI ’66

  After he had won the heavyweight championship of the world a record third time and announced his retirement (which proved a hiatus lasting little more than a year), ...

  On August 26, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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  Facing Ali

  Casualties of a cruel sport. Broken spokes on boxing’s eternal wheel. Archetypes for the noble poor. Or, to cast such reductive generalizing aside, perhaps just men who made a choice. Facing Ali, ...

  On August 24, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Aug. 9, 1980: Palma vs Randolph

  In 1976, a group of young athletes journeyed to Montreal to fight for their country. There were no great expectations for the men who populated the American Olympic ...

  On August 9, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  On Eddie Futch

  Perhaps it’s just me but I get the feeling Eddie Futch , who was born 108 years ago tomorrow, wouldn’t be too comfortable in today’s boxing world. I ...

  On August 8, 2019 / By Sean Crose
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Pacman Moments

  At this point it’s anybody’s guess how much longer ring legend Manny Pacquiao will continue boxing, but what is known is that the Pacman scored a huge win ...

  On July 21, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  Boxiana 1

  July 4, 1910: Johnson vs Jeffries

  In 1910, Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries clashed in Reno, Nevada to contest the world heavyweight crown in what was then billed as ‘The Fight of the ...

  On July 4, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Boxiana 1

  June 22, 1979: Duran vs Palomino

  If one were to rank the finest performances of the great Roberto Duran, his ten round win at New York’s Madison Square Garden over former welterweight champ Carlos Palomino should ...

  On June 23, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Dark Trade

  My earliest memory of boxing is a poster for the Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks superfight from back in 1988, the big heavyweight superfight that lasted exactly 91 ...

  On June 21, 2019 / By Joshua Isard
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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 June 19, 2019 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  June 11, 1982: Holmes vs Cooney

  It was boxing’s biggest night, but for all the wrong reasons. In terms of sheer popularity, exposure, and the money that goes with it, the 1980s has to ...

  On June 11, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  June 9, 1978: Holmes vs Norton

  While it might be going a bit far to classify Ken Norton as a “hard-luck fighter,” it’s difficult not to see him as such when one considers all ...

  On June 9, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Victories

  For the purposes of this list, a great victory is one which takes place against a great fighter when they are in their prime and no mitigating factors ...

  On June 7, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  May 25, 1980: Cooney vs Young

  “I’m going to win this fight, going to win it big. I’ve trained hard for this and I’ve got it all together. I hear this Cooney kid is ...

  On May 25, 2019 / 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 70s and his wars with Bonavena, Frazier, Norton and Foreman, many seriously questioned the toughness of Muhammad Ali. ...

  On May 21, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  May 20, 1985: Holmes vs Williams

  Thirty-four years ago today a crime occurred. It went largely unnoticed outside the world of boxing, but that doesn’t change the fact that it happened. Or that nothing ...

  On May 21, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  May 20, 1983: Holmes vs Witherspoon

  The career of heavyweight champion Larry Holmes is, among other things, a study in frustration. First, there was the struggle to establish himself as a serious contender in ...

  On May 20, 2019 / By Michael Carbert