2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...

Ali and Paterson first met on November 22, 1965, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, Nevada. It was a fight that “The Greatest” bossed, winning by twelfth-round TKO. It was a virtuoso ...

Muhammad Ali looked to be unstoppable during his prime years. Ali’s prime is widely considered to be during the mid-to-late ...

Sinatra was not a fan of Ali, evidenced by his previous attempts to see him lose a fight. In 1965, Sinatra did all he could to see boxer Floyd Patterson beat Ali. He even set Patterson up with a ...

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Somewhere within the dreadful fog that comes with Alzheimer’s, I hope that Floyd Patterson considered that he had finally beaten his toughest opponent. Not Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali or Ingemar ...

I found out Floyd Patterson passed away Thursday morning. I had a feeling this day would come sooner than later. We all knew Floyd was very ill, the progression of Alzheimer’s over the past decade had ...

Sonny Liston was one of the most dominant world champions in history and began his reign with a win over a man whose career was ended by Muhammad Ali. Outside of a rare loss in his eighth career fight ...

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