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March 6, 2012
Boxer Mike Tyson is set to premiere a six-night, one-man show to run next month at the MGM Grand in…
February 19, 2012
LAS VEGAS (AP) - President Barack Obama lauded Muhammad Ali Saturday as he joined some of the country's most famous…
February 2, 2012
(AP) - Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed…
January 17, 2012
SLIDESHOW - While Muhammad Ali's fight career, and political activism is legendary, Ali's skills behind the microphone were unparalleled...
January 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Muhammad Ali is known around the world as more than just an athlete as he has become…
January 13, 2012
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) - Muhammad Ali's wife says the boxing great is still a 'big kid' who enjoys his birthday…
January 10, 2012
'Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see,' read…
January 10, 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Long before he became the world's most recognizable athlete, a young Muhammad Ali honed his skills…
January 4, 2012
One of Nelson Mandela's daughters has been ordered to pay $7.5m to boxing promoter after failing to stage a megafight…
December 21, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to…
December 20, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Floyd Mayweather Jr. plans to plead guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges in a plea deal resolving…
December 6, 2011
CANASTOTA, New York (AP) - Hearns, who won five titles altogether, compiled a 155-8 amateur record and was 61-5-1 with…
December 2, 2011
It has emerged that boxing legend Muhammad Ali was taken to hospital after falling unconscious at home just days after…
November 29, 2011
Floyd Mayweather has hinted that his long-awaited showdown with Manny Pacquiao could take place in May next year...
November 17, 2011
OPINION - Since Smokin'Joe Frazier died of liver cancer on November 7th, there's been a push for him to be…
November 16, 2011
BEAUFORT, South Carolina (AP) - The world knew him as heavyweight champion Smokin' Joe, but Joe Frazier was simply called…
November 15, 2011
They all came, the great and the small. Bus drivers, lawyers, doctors and boxers...
November 14, 2011
(AP) - Former heavyweight champions Ali and Larry Holmes and promoter Don King were among those to pay respects at…
November 8, 2011
(AP) - There was a time when Muhammad Ali taunted Joe Frazier relentlessly, called him ugly and challenged his manhood...
November 8, 2011
OPINION - The lingering after effect of being called 'Uncle Tom,' 'white people's champion,' 'ignorant,' 'gorilla,' and 'ugly' by Ali…