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The Sad Legacy of
Sonny Liston
by William Dettloff -
www.hbo.com/boxing
Written on December 31,
2002
(The death of Sonny
Liston - 1970 at the age of 38: It is no secret that there are few happy
endings in the fight game. Or happy beginnings, for that matter. What
drives men to do what they do in the ring typically has little to do
with happiness so in that way it all makes sense. Generally, when
happier boys look for recreation they don't turn to and fall in love
with prize fighting. The angriest ones do, and those who are most
desperate. It's a desperate game, after all. So bad endings are
everywhere you look.http://www.aussiebox.com.au/dettloff2.html
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November 17, 1971 -
battle between Muhammad Ali and Buster Mathis in Houston, Texas. |
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March 31, 1973 -
Ali lost in this world championship against Ken Norton in a 12-round
title fight for the NABF Heavyweight title. |
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July 29, 1977 - Muhammad
Ali vs. Earnie Shavers World Heavyweight Championship at the Madison
Square Garden, in New York. The undercard included Alexis Arguello,
Mike Rossman and Vito Antefuermo.
Muhammad Ali vs. Larry Holmes
World Heavyweight Championship Fight Poster
Original fight poster from closed-circuit broadcast of the Larry
Holmes/Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Championship fight from the Orange Bowl on
October 2nd, 1980. This fight was broadcast on closed circuit TV in the US
and this is the supporting event poster. This is a rare collector's item
and is in excellent condition.
Patterson faced Ali
On September 20, 1972, Floyd Patterson faced Ali again in the final fight of
his career. In this rematch, Ali beat him badly in a seventh-round TKO.
Boxing Beat: It's been 30 years since the 'Rumble'
Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of the
so-called "Rumble In The Jungle," a genuine pre-Halloween horror experience
for George Foreman. Though younger, bigger and stronger, he lost his
heavyweight title to Muhammad Ali on a shocking, eighth-round knockout in
Zaire....Copyrighted
Story on
Sacramento Bee
Buchanan named Britain's Greatest ever!
1978 - Edinburgh-born world champion Ken Buchanan was
voted Britain's greatest-ever boxer in 1978 and has a place in the
International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. (source:
scotsman.com)
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