George Foreman won a gold medal on the skimpiest of amateur records, thanks be to that unique power.
I don't believe Byrd ever beat Vitali. Vitali withdrew from a fight he was winning by a mile. Again, the Sanders fights are much more valuable...
Overall, yes: Unlike the thrice-thrashed Wlad, only Lennox Lewis has truly beaten Vitali, who has never tasted the canvas and has a higher KO...
Ali writes like a minister, like a man of God. His defense of God's existence is so simple yet so compelling. No heavyweight champion, no...
From a strictly sporting point of view, the brothers should fight to determine the best. It's that simple. They won't, so, based on his...
MUHAMMAD ALI VS. CASSIUS CLAY Every time I look in the mirror, I see that kid from Louisville, Kentucky, staring back at me. His name was...
When Tyson lost to Douglas. Muhammad Ali was still the heavyweight champion of the world only ten years prior. Larry Holmes was no Ali,...
You've shared this astonishing fact before. What in the world made an old-school guy like Ali suddenly start weightlifting so late in his career...
1) Foreman-Lyle: "Better than any Rocky movie." --so described by a chap who posted it on Youtube years ago. - Ron Lyle had enormous balls to...
Joe Frazier was pure class...BUT he was a man, too. You fool with a man like Frazier, and someday you may find yourself in a bad spot. It...
Rest in peace, gentle warrior. By conquering negativity, you have been an inspiration. You fearlessly gave life your best shot. That's...
This. Plus, he had a great training ethic as a young man; as an older man, not so much.
Ratón was perhaps Mexico's most beloved fighter ever. From the tough, storied Mexico City district of Tepito, and with his humble mantra, "I...
Round 14 was Holmes'.
Dramatic night. Holmes broke his right thumb in the third round, yet that night I felt he still did enough to edge out his bedeviling foe....
