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    Fear And Loathing In Zaire

    Hunter S. Thompson is undoubtedly an icon of the “counter-culture” movement. He was also undoubtedly a miserable failure as a boxing writer. A motorcycle-racing, gun-loving, Nixon-hating, booze-swilling, narcotic-ingesting ...

    On July 9, 2020 / By
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    The Champion of Writers

    “Foreman now nodded, gave an unexpected smile, and proceeded to make his kind remark about a champ at writing.” – Norman Mailer, meeting George Foreman for the first time. ...

    On March 1, 2015 / By
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    The Final Word

    Everybody stop talking now. Attention! I told you! All my critics, I told you that I was the greatest of all times when I beat Sonny Liston. I ...

    On November 2, 2014 / By
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    The Rumble In The Jungle

    There have been bigger, more lucrative boxing matches, but few more momentous or memorable. When heavyweights George Foreman and Muhammad Ali clashed in a country then called Zaire ...

    On October 25, 2014 / By
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