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    Who Is Muhammad Ali?

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    people of Viet Cong hadn’t done anything to harm him, therefore there was no reason to retaliate. Ali was still able to fight on bail, therefore, on October 26, 1970, Muhammad returned to the ring and unfortunately lost his first match back to Joe Frazier in what the masses called the “Fight of the Century.” Ali’s case was appealed on June 28, 1971. During this time, many people thought

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    incredible man who withstood inhuman amounts of physical and psychological pain. Born on 12th September 1937, George would become a five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger facing noteworthy names such as Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali twice. George is known for taking incredible amounts of pain and considered one of the best chins (a term used in boxing for the capability to tolerate physical damage to the chin or jaw without being knocked unconscious)

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    The golden age of boxing in the mid 20th century started off with boxing moguls like Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and Floyd Patterson. However, none would ever be bigger than “The People’s Champ”, Muhammad Ali. Born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, later he would change his name to Muhammad Ali, would become one of the greatest boxers known to the world. After then exploring the art of boxing and the teachings of Islam, with his friend Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali

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    known as ‘the greatest of all time’. As a boxer, Muhammad gave unprecedented speed and grace to his sport, while his wit charmed the people. Days in history included two battles with Sonny Liston, self-proclaimed ‘the greatest’; three wars with Joe Frazier; victory over George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle; and dethroning Leon Spinks to become heavyweight champion for an unprecedented third time. Muhammad's career has been played out as much in sport publicity as on newspaper headlines. Muhammad’s

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    One of the best-known fighters in the world also went through some very tough times. He also stood for what he believed in and fought for his religious beliefs. This man is Muhammad Ali, who holds a very big title in the wrestling world as well as in the religion of Islam. His impact and dedication to Islam may have cost him a lot, but he always stood by it. Ali always stayed with his religion and never showed doubt in it, he spoke about Islam to make people aware that the assumptions they are making

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    Boxing is Not a Violent Sport Essay

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    Boxing is a sport full of hard hitting, fast movements and lots of blood, but being a boxer is not too brutal for the society but it does have its good and bad. Boxing was found back in 697B.C in Germany. When it was first aired on TV people didn’t like it much and was commented as the worst TV show. But as the years went on more people started to get interested in the sport, and then kids wanted to become like their favorite boxer. And soon after boxing was the number one show that everyone watched

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    and has been boxing since he was in high school. By the time he graduated he won two national Golden Gloves titles. Also he won one­hundred matches and only lost eight times which is a big achievement in itself. His trainer, a police officer named Joe Martin who was a former boxing trainer took Muhammad and taught him how to fight. It was because of him that Muhammad became a heavyweight boxing champion. Later on when he started his professional career he beat his opponents with combos and quick

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    The 2nd match for Kamikaze Pro – Bank On It 4 on October 30th is a 1st time ever match in Kamikaze as the 2 most controversial members of the Kamikaze Pro roster collide. ‘The Badman’ Marshall X He doesn’t take pictures, he doesn’t sign autographs, he does whatever it takes to win and by any means necessary. Marshall is the very definition of a Badman. A former Tag Team Champion and a former Relentless Division Champion, a title he won after it was stripped from Ryan Smile. After winning the Tag

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    When it comes to a sport that you like, you always want to try your best. But in this story Rocky dedicates his whole time and effort into his favorite sport which is boxing. Boxing to rocky was wasn't only fun loving sport to him it was also hard working and risks. After all his matches he was fully prepared for his all-time big match in his hometown in Philadelphia against the world wide champions. During the year of 1776 there was a man named Rocky Balboa who lived in Philadelphia in a tough

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    Ufc History

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    The Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, was founded back in 1993 and is the world’s leading professional mixed martial arts, or MMA, organization. The UFC has evolved into an organization where athletes have to learn different disciplines of MMA in order to reach and stay in the UFC. The different forms include karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and other methods of MMA. Early on the UFC used a tournament style event and it wasn’t until UFC 18 when they abandoned that format for

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