Joe Frazier

Jack Johnson nicknamed the "Galveston Giant," was an American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation. He was the first black Heavyweight Champion of the World, from 1908-1915 and became infamous for his interracial relationships with white women. For more than a decade, Johnson was probably the most famous, and certainly the most notorious African-American in the world. Johnson won over 50 matches from 1902-1907 and in 47 years of fighting he was only knocked out three times.

20 years ago marching all the way from Argentina to Brazil downing everything in sight. We finally found what looks like heaven in our eyes. We weren't the biggest in the jungle, but we took over everything, nothing stopped us. Whatever got in our way we destroyed and took over. Until, we finally came across with someone who was smart enough to put up a good fight. His name was Leiningen, the only man who has ever defeated us. We put up a good fight, but Leiningen was too intelligent to defeat.

Cassius Marcellus Clay , Jr. A.K.A Muhammad Ali , Was born on january 17 , 1942 in Louisville Kentucky , he is an american former professional boxer who is most likely considered the ‘ Greatest Heavyweight In The History Of The Sport’. Ali is highly regarded for the skills he displayed in the ring plus the values he exemplified outside of it. Ali has 9 children , By the age 18 ali had already captured 2 national golden gloves titles , 2 amateur athletic union national titles and 100 victories against

George Dixon is a Canadian boxer commonly known as “Little Chocolate” or “The Chocolate Drop.” Dixon was the first black boxer to win a bantamweight world championship. Despite the hard times, segregation, and mistreatment of blacks during his boxing era; George Dixon managed to fight his way to being one of the most prominent black boxers. Little Chocolate’s boxing career was great winning almost double the amount of his losses. “Dixon is considered by many to be the best fighter of the 19th Century

uneducated club fighter who lives in an studio apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his line of business has so far not gotten off the canvas. Rocky makes a living by collecting the accumulation of credit for a loan shark named Tony Gazzo (Joe Spinell), but Gazzo doesn't think Rocky has the bloodthirstiness it takes to thrash up deadbeats. Rocky still boxes periodically to keep his boxing skills sharp, and his ex-trainer, Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), believes he could've surpass his

Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942 In Louisville. One day Ali’s bike had been stolen. Someone had suggested that he should report it to a nearby police. Ali reported it to a traffic cop named, Joe Martin. Joe ran a boxing gym in the basement of the convention hall. He took Ali to the basement. Right when Ali got there he was in awe of all that the boxers were doing. The sights and sounds and smell of the boxing gym excited him so much that he almost forgot about his bike. Right then at that

WRESTLEMANIA It was Friday, a week from now Jack, Ty,and I would be squaring off in the biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania. “ It will be a triple-threat elimination match.” Ty said. “ Oh stop protecting your precious belt,” I said. At the time, Ty was the Wrestlemania champion. “ I say it’s for the belt! Whoever the last man standing is, will be the champion!” “ You’re both wrong.” Jack said, “ You two are both making mistakes. First, you set up the match,” he pointed to Ty, “ then

In Part IV of “The Boys in the Boat,” Brown continues to elaborate on the challenges Ulbrickson and the boys were facing to find a perfect boat. He finally makes the boat with the addition of Joe Rantz. Now, Ulbrickson just needs to worry about Ebright’s crew that seems to the press to be doing great. Both universities race on Lake Washington and Washington sweeps the regatta. The boys now needed to think about their next journey. If all went well, then they would not be back until September(many

Muhammad Ali was a professional boxer during the 1960’s and 70’s, and was the heavyweight champion for many years. Muhammad Ali was born with the name Cassius Clay Jr. on January 17th, 1942, but changed his name to Muhammad Ali when he converted to Islam. He was the son of Cassius Clay Sr. and Odessa Clay. He was 6’3” tall and fought at the weight of 210 pounds, in the heavyweight division. He started boxing when he was only 12 years old, and won his first fight by split decision, and won the Golden

Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold returns to the Octagon this Saturday at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh to face another former champion, who’s trying to work his way up the middleweight rankings in David Branch. Rockhold, also a former Strikeforce middleweight champion, hasn’t fought since losing the UFC middleweight title at UFC 199 to Michael Bisping. That was more than a year ago, but it seems more like five. So much has happened in the division since Bisping’s shocking knockout