Cropper saw the late legend three times. "I really did admire Tina. She was the closest person to Otis, I think, in the business. It's the yeller, screamer, but everybody loves their music. She was so good, it didn't matter how it was she's yelling and screaming," he says. ...
Behind Frazier, Martin’s silent protest had taken the field. Now it was time for Martin's continuing grievances to be aired vocally. The umpiring crew for the resumption of the game wasn't the same as in the July 24 proceedings. So Martin, well aware of that fact, had Frazier throw ...
Ali's return from exile can easily be considered the greatest comeback in all of sports. Although losing his first major fight (1971's "Fight of the Century"; the first of three epic battles with Joe Frazier), Ali eventually regained the heavyweight title by defeating a man nobody thought...
I am not nearly as informed about many of the fighters you mentioned, but can relate to the old days of Cassius Clay, George Chuvalo (who is from my home town of Toronto) – Ali and Frazier, Norton, Foreman – Leonard and Duran – Hearns – Aaron Pryor – Holmes and of course Tyson...
but boxing never took off in the GCC like it did in philillipines (which started long ago in the 50’s, was propelled by Ali-Frazier and manny sent it into the stratosphere). naseem h3amed pissed off more ppl than he attracted cuz he used to dance to music (forbidden in islam) yet...
…look at Joe Frazier. When you compare his boxing achievements to Ali, not many would ever consider him a better boxer than Muhammad Ali, but he did get the better of Ali compared to other opponents. Your style might be the “Joe Frazier” to someone else’s “Muhammad Ali”. Sometimes...
But the top combat athletes can lose up to 30 pounds in just5 daysleading up to the fight. Then they can gain nearly all of it back in the 24 hours between weighing in and going toe-to-toe. They do this to gain a massive competitive advantage. In other words, the bigger guy who ...
The taller guys usually fight behind a long jab. They rely on that more than anything else. It’s usually the only weapon they have that keeps you from getting through the danger zone. What you can try is timing their jab and coming in when they retract their jab. You want to make ...
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We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote has counted … So you won’t hear from the Vice President tonight.” There was audible disappointment from attendees. One woman turned to walk out, shaking her head and saying, "I could’...