Posts Tagged ‘Muhammad Ali’

ESPN.com reported that WBA, WBC and The Ring super middleweight champion Andre "Son of God" Ward was voted Monday the 2011 “Fighter of the Year” by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). Ward (25-0, 13 KOs), a Bay Area native who became the first American to capture boxing gold in eight years as a ...

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MMA and boxing unite to honor Muhammad Ali - "The Greatest" with a special tribute on his 70th birthday MMA has planned a special invitation only evening to honor Muhammad Ali. The event, at the Tapout Training Center in Las Vegas February 17, takes place the day before another Ali gala at the MGM. MMA recognizes the ...

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British boxing icon Lennox Lewis wrote in the Daily Telegraph Tuesday that Muhammad Ali, who turned 70 Tuesday, “should be considered the greatest sportsman of all time.” "I studied all the great heavyweights, but Muhammad Ali for me was the main guy," wrote Lewis, 46, the first and only world heavyweight titleholder ...

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WBA world super middleweight titlist Andre "Son of God" Ward defeated two-time WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch by unanimous decision to win The Super Six World Boxing Classic final last Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Ward (25-0, 13 KOs), a Bay Area native who became the first American to capture ...

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Colin Linnewebber highlights three of boxing's finest!

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Arizona Sen. John McCain and Long Island GOP Rep. Peter King plan to reintroduce a congressional resolution urging the first African-American President in United States history to grant the original black Heavyweight Champion of the World a posthumous pardon for his racially motivated 1913 conviction for violation of the Mann Act. King acknowledged he was ...

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Nearly 47 years ago, Muhammad Ali defeated the menacing Sonny Liston by a 7th round TKO to capture the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. Ali (56-5, 37 KOs), who then still went by the name Cassius Clay, proclaimed after the fight to the press, “I shook up the world!” In tribute to “The ...

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Join me as I take a quick look back at one of pro wrestlings true greats.

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We have had some great knockout punches over the years. Take a look at some of boxings greatest knockout's.

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Has Mckee written checks that his but cant cash? Find out what he said in a recent interview with Sherdog.com

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