Mike Tyson's First Test Under Cus D'Amato Was to Study Larry Holmes, Then ‘Iron Mike' Greeted Him With a Devastating Knockout Blow

Larry Holmes was knocked out once in his career, and that came at the hands of Mike Tyson.

Mike Thomas 22 Sep 2021
Muhammad Ali Once Had to Decline a Fight Against a Brutal Military Dictator: ‘This Guy’s Crazy, Let’s Get the Hell out of Here’

Muhammad Ail is the greatest boxer of all time but also a study in contradictions. He loved to box but hated to train. He stood up for Black people everywhere but ruined Joe Frazier by cruelly questioning his Blackness. Ali also proudly stood up against the U.S. government for its war in Vietnam and the draft, yet gladly took […]

Tim Crean 29 Aug 2021
The Rumble in the Jungle Was a Fair Fight Because Both Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's Camps Paid off the Ref

Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fought an iconic bout in 1974 in Zaire, Africa and both sides went to incredible lengths to ensure fairness.

Tim Crean 04 May 2023
Did Sonny Liston Take a Dive in His Second Muhammad Ali Fight Because He Had Diarrhea?

Muhammad Ali biographer Jonathan Eig shared a new theory as to why Sonny Liston may have taken a dive in the boxers' second bout. In an unearthed, unaired TV interview, Sonny Liston’s wife once said that the fighter needed to get out of the ring as fast as possible because he had diarrhea.

Tim Crean 21 Aug 2021
The 1 Reason Muhammad Ali Was Able to ‘Mix It up With White Kids' in the 1950s on His Way to Becoming The Greatest

Muhammad Ali became The Greatest through skill, talent, and determination, but where and when he was born played a big role in it too. Growing up in Louisville and not the deep South meant that a young Cassius Clay got opportunities that other young Black people didn’t get in the 1950s.

Tim Crean 20 Aug 2021
Floyd Mayweather the Target of Another Outlandish Statement From Jake Paul

Jake Paul made yet another outlandish comment regarding Floyd Mayweather.

Mike Thomas 20 Aug 2021
Muhammad Ali Wouldn’t Let Grandson Nico Ali Walsh Walk Away From Boxing: ‘I Kept Wanting Him to Tell Me to Quit’

Nico Ali Walsh, who is making his pro boxing debut, hoped as a young teen that grandfather Muhammad Ali would tell him to give up his boxing ambitions.

John Moriello 14 Aug 2021
A Muhammad Ali-George Foreman Rematch After the ‘Rumble in the Jungle' Means Rocky Balboa Never Exists

The “Rocky” film series likely doesn't exist had there been a rematch between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman following the famed “Rumble in the Jungle.”

Luke Norris 14 Aug 2021