Muhammad Ali the dancing master was an utter joy to watch, and a mesmerising target for his opponents. The world saw the best of this version of Ali in the 1960s; when Ali was up on his toes, slinging out zinging punches, this while being almost impossible to tag with a clean shot himself.
The fight between reigning and defending heavyweight king Muhammad Ali and challenger Cleveland Williams, which took place on this day back in 1966, has been called numerous things: ‘Seven minutes in boxing heaven.’
It’s not the half-century, but as epic, as truly special, and as unforgettable as the, well, epic fight between heavyweight giants Muhammad Ali and George Foreman was/is/always will be, “The Rumble In The Jungle” is more than deserving of an on this day piece, don’t you agree?
The recent passing of fine boxing commentator and all-around good boxing guy “Colonel” Bob Sheridan took away one more of the last links to the greatest world heavyweight title fight of them all.
Half a century ago today, former heavyweight king Muhammad Ali was on a mission to put things right. Ali, at age 31, was no longer the dancing master he had once been.
A national treasure here in the UK, Michael Parkinson, for so many of us THE king of the chat show hosts, passed away today at the advanced age of 88.
Yesterday was, as you, of course, know, the Fourth of July. Independence Day. A huge date in American history. And in boxing history.
Sixty years ago today in London, England, a fight took place that grew and grew mythologically, with each passing year adding more and more willing believers of the myth.
Was it really seven years ago when the one and only, the truly incomparable Muhammad Ali passed away? It was indeed.
The boxing world was still getting over the momentous shock a young, raw, and savagely powerful George Foreman unleashed in January of that year; “Big George” destroying an unbeaten Joe Frazier to take the world heavyweight crown.