The late-great George Foreman once ranked Muhammad Ali as the fifth best heavyweight in boxing history. ‘Big George’ shared ...
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Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday (October 18th) to participate in ongoing 50th anniversary celebrations of the legendary ...
Introduction -- A real freak in boxing: Muhammad Ali and the spirit of the 1960s -- 1968: fists and flags -- The roads to Kinshasa -- Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud: Zaire 74 -- A stitch in time ...
Muhammad Ali will be sorely missed by George Foreman, who believes the fighter he lost to in Zaire in 1974 was the best he ever faced. Ali and Foreman clashed in arguably the most famous bout in ...
It was a Sunday in the spring of 1973. Like most every other Sunday that year, I was at Zion Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN. A traditional part of the service was welcoming our guests. That day, a ...
There has never been anybody in the history of boxing quite like Muhammad Ali. To earn nicknames like “The Greatest” and “The People’s Champion”, you have to be something special, and Ali was.