It’s a list that pops up every now and then, and boxing fans seem to love it when the debate begins: who is the greatest heavyweight champion of all-time; who are the top-10 greatest heavyweight champions of all-time? » Read Full Article
50 years ago: The finest heavyweight boxer in history is banned from working his unique magic, is “pretty much broke”
- Leave a CommentGo back 50 years, to 1968, and the greatest heavyweight champion boxer in the sport’s long history Muhammad Ali, was barred from boxing; unable to even earn a living. » Read Full Article
February 15 in the late ’70s: One heavyweight career begins and another appears to be over – Spinks-Ali, Gerry Cooney
- Leave a CommentIt was forty years ago today when massive underdog Leon Spinks upset The Greatest, in defeating Muhammad Ali to take the world heavyweight crown. » Read Full Article
Champions (not quite) Forever: Ali, Frazier, Norton and the sadness of their final fights
- Leave a CommentIt’s proven so, so hard for a number of great fighters to exit the sport on a win. » Read Full Article
Ali Vs. Tyson: “He never threw a body punch in his life. Nobody beats him”
- Leave a CommentIt’s more than likely THE ultimate Dream Fight; the mythical match-up that really gets fans talking – and debating. » Read Full Article
Tyson Fury compares his ring exile with that of Muhammad Ali; comes out with a line borrowed straight from Larry Holmes
- Leave a CommentFormer heavyweight ruler Tyson Fury insists his time out of the ring, his exile if you like, is comparable to the enforced inactivity the great Muhammad Ali had to undergo back in the 1960s. » Read Full Article
Muhammad Ali & Evander Holyfield to be first boxers inducted into USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame
- Leave a CommentThe fledgling USA Boxing Alumni Association will host a gala reception this Friday night (Dec.) 8, highlighted by the induction of the inaugural class of the USA Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame, at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown in Salk Lake City, Utah. » Read Full Article
Joshua expects to be grouped with Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson if he beats Wilder and Parker
- Leave a CommentIBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is ready to put himself in the same class as boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson if he can beat champions Deontay Wilder [WBC] and Joseph Parker [WBO] next year. » Read Full Article
Tyson Fury compares his coming back to Ali’s epic return to the crown versus Foreman
- Leave a CommentIt’s just talk and will remain as such until he gets his license back, but former and unbeaten heavyweight ruler Tyson Fury is busy calling out not only his rival Brit Anthony Joshua, but also Deontay Wilder. » Read Full Article
Warren: Comparing Joshua to Ali? It is beyond stupid
- Leave a CommentTop British boxing promoter Frank Warren says that anyone who compares reigning WBA and IBF heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua to the great, the, well, incomparable Muhammad Ali is saying something that is “beyond stupid.”
Most fans, in fact virtually all of them, will agree perfectly with Warren; although, shockingly and sadly there are those people who are trying to tell us that AJ, at just 20-0, is already a great fighter – even deserving of being compared with “The Greatest.” Warren spoke on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast show this morning and the promoter explained his feelings on Joshua. » Read Full Article
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