Maybe it is due to the sad passing of football legend Pele, but numerous sports writers have, over the New Year period, been busily compiling a mythical – mythical, yes, but highly serious and most carefully, indeed, painfully thought out – ‘Mount Rushmore’ of athletes.… read more “The Mount Rushmore Of Sportsmen: The Four Greatest Athletes Of All-Time”
During his long and distinguished ring career, Muhammad Ali was only ever cut once. It was 50 years ago today when Ali, having notched up eight wins since losing “The Fight of the Century” with Joe Frazier, met devastating light-heavyweight king Bob Foster in Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada.… read more “On This Day: Ali Vs. Foster – When The Greatest Stopped “The Sheriff””
48 long years ago it took place, this at around 4A.M local time (10 PM New York time). It was of course the epic, never to be forgotten “Rumble in the Jungle” between heavyweight superstars Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.… read more “The Rumble In The Jungle Turns 48”
It wasn’t much of a fight, not at all – yet the world saw just how super-fast a peaking Muhammad Ali was on this day back in 1966.… read more “12 Punches In 3 Seconds: When A Peaking Muhammad Ali Stopped An Over-Matched Brian London”
When Muhammad Ali upset the “invincible” George Foreman to sensationally regain the heavyweight crown in the African Jungle in October of 1974, everyone knew “The Greatest” had done something truly special.… read more “Ali Memorabilia Raking In Millions; Colts Owner Shells Out Over $6 Million For “Rumble In The Jungle” Belt”
It was six years ago today.. Back on the day of June 3rd in 2016 – long before anybody had heard of the coronavirus, long before anybody knew the term, social distancing, before HBO did the unthinkable and ditched boxing, before the cruel death of George Floyd – Muhammad Ali passed away.… read more “Six Years Gone – The Greatest, Muhammad Ali”
Has there ever been a more controversial first round KO in heavyweight history than the KO – or the supposed KO, the faked KO, the “Phantom Punch” KO – that went down in Lewiston, Maine on this day back in 1965?… read more “On This Day: Ali-Liston II, The “Phantom Punch” And The Debate That Will Never Go Away!”
Folley Would Die Mysteriously Five Years Later
Muhammad Ali liked Zora Folley. Indeed, the brash, controversial fighter who had adopted the Muslim faith and was willing to go to jail to defend the honour of his religious beliefs, had a tough time getting himself angry enough to punch his 34 year old challenger – so much of a nice guy was Zora.… read more “55 Years Ago Today: Ali Defeats Zora Folley In The Final Fight Of His Prime”
55 years ago today (February 6, 1967) the world saw Muhammad Ali at both his dazzling best and his most cruel and punishing. The words “what’s my name” ring clearly, still, in the ears of fight fans who are old enough to have watched Ali’s fight with – see utter hammering of – Ernie Terrell.… read more “55 Years Ago: Ali Shows No Mercy In The “What’s My Name?” Fight”
Muhammad Ali, who would today have been celebrating his 80th birthday had he not passed away after an excruciatingly long and, typically of the great man, brave battle with Parkinson’s disease in June of 2016, is as big as ever here in 2022; his name as instantly recognizable as ever.… read more ““The Greatest” Would Have Been 80 Today – How Much Muhammad Ali Means To Us, And Will Always Mean To Us”