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Muhammad Ali’s 77th Birthday Is Today
By: Ken Hissner In 1960 a brash young boxer from Louisville, KY, came on the scene. Cassius Clay won the National AAU light heavyweight title defeating Roy Ector at 0:55…
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Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali’s Final Loss in Olympic Trials in 1960
By: Ken Hissner Ali in 1960 was the Golden Gloves National heavyweight champion and the AAU National light heavyweight runner-up. The last person to defeat him in the amateurs is…
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“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler & Eddie “Flame” Mustapha Muhammad Were Schooled in Philly Before Becoming World Champions
By: Ken Hissner Philadelphia was a hot bed for boxing back in the 1970’s especially in the middleweight division. Out of own boxers would come in to test the water.…
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Today Would Have Been Muhammad Ali’s 76th Birthday
By: Ken Hissner In 1960 a brash young boxer from Louisville, KY, came on the scene. Cassius Clay won the National AAU light heavyweight title defeating Roy Ector at 0:55…
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Why Some of Boxing’s Most Famous Fighters Don’t Belong in the Hall of Fame
By: Patrick Mascoe Being great and being famous are two very different things. However, one of the characteristics that often go along with greatness is fame. Sometimes being famous leads…
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Muhammad Ali Beat Four Olympic Gold Medalists
Muhammad Ali Beat Four Olympic Gold Medalists By: Ken Hissner At a boxing event in Atlantic City recently top boxing judge Steve Weisfeld asked “who beat four Olympic Gold Medalists?”…
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The Two Questionable Wins of Muhammad Ali
By: Ken Hissner Muhammad “I Am the Greatest” Ali was the most colorful athlete this writer has ever seen. In person he was one of the funniest person’s I have…
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Was Muhammad Ali The Most Colorful Athlete in Sports History?
By: Ken Hissner This writer started searching all sports most colorful athletes and they stood out at other sporting events when they showed up. It’s no secret a boxing writer…
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Why Do Boxers Like Muhammad Ali Continue Boxing Too Long?
By: Ken Hissner There have been some great boxers that have continued boxing too long such as Muhammad Ali. Was it money or more stardom or just what that causes…
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“Fight Doctor” Ferdie Pacheco Dead at 89 – Ali’s Personal Physician
By: Ken Hissner One of the most known corner men as Muhammad Ali’s cut-man Ferdie Pacheco passed away today November 16th in Miami, FL, where he lived passing at the…
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Was Muhammad Ali a Draft Dodger or a Hero?
By: Ken Hissner In April of 1967 Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay refused to take the oath to enter the military. He questioned why he should go to Viet-Nam and…
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No, Vasyl Lomachenko Is “Not Already the Greatest Ever”
By: Sean Crose No, Vasyl Lomachenko is not, as some are saying “already the greatest ever.” At least the scant evidence available doesn't indicate as much. If Lomachenko is, in…
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The World Boxing Super Series Begins
The World Boxing Super Series Begins By: Matthew N. Becher Over the past weekend, the newly created World Boxing Super Series held its very first draft, for its very first…
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Muhammad Ali’s Offer of a Million to “Sugar” Ray Robinson Rejected!
Muhammad Ali’s Offer of a Million to “Sugar” Ray Robinson Rejected! By: Ken Hissner It was after Muhammad Ali won the world title in 1964 over then champion Sonny Liston…
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Boxing Insider Notebook: Canelo, Chavez, Wilder, Ali, Frazier, and more…
Boxing Insider Notebook: Canelo, Chavez, Wilder, Ali, Frazier, and more... By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of April 25th to May 2nd, covering…