The WBC championship belt that Muhammad Ali was awarded for knocking out George Foreman during the “Rumble in the Jungle” on Oct. 30, 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaire was sold at auction early Sunday morning for $6.18 million.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Monday was Muhammad Ali’s birthday. He would have been 80 years old. And if you don’t miss him, well…maybe this isn’t the website for you. Anyway, to mark the milestone, it occurred to me that compiling a list of his 10 best fig...
Even now, five years after his unfortunate passing, Muhammad Ali might be the most recognizable athlete on the planet. Long ago rendered an icon of popular culture, the library of books, movies, and documentaries focused on Ali is vast. Ali can feel...
The complicated relationship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali has been chronicled in a new documentary billed as “Blood Brothers.” Here’s how Netflix describes the 96-minute documentary, which premiered Sept. 9 on the streaming service.
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao has named his Mount Rushmore of boxing - and it doesn't include his career rival, Floyd Mayweather Jr. As he nears his upcoming ring return, Pacquiao was asked to name his four favorite fighters of all-tim...
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By Thomas Gerbasi - The professional boxing debut. A stressful moment in any case, but particularly so if you happen to be the grandson of “The Greatest.” But Nico Ali Walsh isn’t blinking in the days leading up to his Saturday bout against Jordan We...
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Ken Burns is reentering boxing’s storytelling ring, and it’s another iconic heavyweight who’s his muse this time around. The acclaimed documentarian will debut a four-part, eight-hour documentary on PBS chronicling the life of Muhammad Ali, the tele...
I’ve grown a bit as a boxing fan since March 8, 1971. When fight night arrived back then, neither Muhammad Ali nor Joe Frazier was even on my radar. Cake and ice cream? Yes. Style nuances and competitive contrasts? Not so much. OK. Perhaps I should...
Jerry Izenberg doesn’t hesitate when asked if we will ever see a night like the one that took place in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971. “No,” said the Hall of Fame writer for the Newark Star Ledger of the first bout between Joe...
“The Fight of the Century” was such an enormous event, it was watched by approximately 300 million people when the global population was slightly half of what it is today. According to an ESPN documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fir...
By Cliff Rold - In April 2020, ESPN expanded its televised fight library with the first airing in more than thirty years of “The Fight of the Century” and addition to their available streaming content. No, it wasn’t a hard fight to find in the age of...
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