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There had to be a better way to make money, Tom Hoover thought as he loaded boxes of toilet paper onto boxcars in the middle ...
At one point in the history of boxing, Mike Tyson was unquestionably the most ferocious fighter on the planet.
Ali made nine successful defences of his crown before he was stripped of it in 1967 after he refused to participate in the ...
Boxing was big in 1973. There were many fighters we thought were great. Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman were ...
George Foreman, who died on March 22 at 76, was one such figure — a man who didn’t just step into the ring but stormed it, ...
David Holloway tells the tale of an unplanned visit with the heavyweight champ that netted an autographed grill.
The boxing world is mourning the loss one of it’s iconic champions. George Foreman, the two time heavyweight champion of the world, died last Friday at the age of 76.His ...
Watching his two-round decimation of Joe Frazier in their first fight in 1973 ... more times after that historic night and hung up the gloves for good when he lost a majority decision to Shannon ...
One of the top three heavyweights of all time, along with Ali and Joe Frazier, George ... he hung up his gloves aged 28, claiming it was because of his religious beliefs and his mother’s ...
Boxing legend George Foreman dies: "Big George" leaves lasting legacy. 2-time champ's resilience mourned by fans worldwide.
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. In the build-up to the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ in what was then Zaire in 1974, Foreman, who died at the age of 76, was characterised as a humourless ogre in stark ...
"Joe Frazier caught me with the left hook but he ... Three years later, he elected to hang up his gloves and retire after losing on a narrow points decision to Shannon Briggs.