For many of us who didn’t live the era, it’s hard to imagine a time when King and Ali, two of the more saintly American icons of today, where among the most reviled individuals in mainstream America. Makes you wonder what they’d say about today’s politics.
Archive for the ‘Remembering the Greats’ Category
Remembering the Greats: Martin Luther King, Jr Supports Muhammad Ali’s Vietnam Stand [VIDEO]
Posted: January 16, 2012 in Remembering the GreatsTags: birthday, Boxing, holiday, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, protest, video, Vietnam
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Still Smokin’: Five Underrated Joe Frazier Performances [VIDEO]
Posted: November 9, 2011 in Remembering the GreatsTags: Buster Mathis, Eddie Machen, George Chuvalo, Jerry Quarry, Joe Frazier, Oscar Bonavena, tribute
The late Joe Frazier’s career is mostly celebrated by the mainstream and casual boxing fans for his epic battles against Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. But over the course of his 16 year career “Smokin’ Joe” delivered his fair share of noteworthy beatdowns that now tend to be overlooked. Today here at Beats, Boxing & Mayhem, we take a look back at a handful of Joe Frazier’s most underrated in-ring battles.
Champion Forever: Joe Frazier Dies at 67 [VIDEO]
Posted: November 8, 2011 in Fight News, Remembering the GreatsTags: death, Joe Frazier, obituary, RIP, tribute
Joe Frazier, the Olympic and heavyweight boxing champion who defeated Muhammad Ali in the 1971 Fight of Century, has died from liver cancer. He was 67.
Remembering the Greats: A Teenage and Grown Tupac on Respecting Women [VIDEO]
Posted: September 13, 2011 in Remembering the GreatsTags: RIP, Tupac Shakur, women
It’s interesting to hear that after accomplishing so much professionally, ‘Pac at 25 was already contemplating settling down.
Remembering the Greats: Riddick Bowe Puts Jorge Luis Gonzalez Under Pressure [June 17, 1995]
Posted: July 14, 2011 in Remembering the GreatsTags: Boxing, heavyweight, Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Riddick Bowe
“I’m the lion and Bowe is the hyena. I want to eat his heart,” Gonzalez told Sports Illustrated. “His death is coming. He will regret the day his mother gave him birth.”
Remembering the Greats: Mike Tyson vs. Donovan “Razor” Ruddock I & II [VIDEO]
Posted: June 11, 2011 in Remembering the GreatsTags: Hall of Fame, highlights, Mike Tyson, Razor Ruddock, video
Two things have annoyed me to no end when hearing commentators review Tyson’s legacy. The first is that he could never heat anyone that stood up to him. Second is that he won no significant fights after the upset loss to James “Buster” Douglas. These viewpoints are refuted by Tyson’s two exciting slugfests against Donovan “Razor” Ruddock in 1991.
Remembering the Greats: Kostya Tszyu vs. Julio Cesar Chavez [July 29, 2000]
Posted: June 11, 2011 in Remembering the GreatsTags: Boxing, Hall of Fame, Julio Cesar Chavez, Kostya Tszyu
Although their respective primes were nearly a decade apart, Kostya Tszyu and Julio Cesar Chavez today find themselves being elected into the boxing Hall of Fame. Back in 2000, they shared the same ring when Tszyu, by then an experienced fighter and new champion, faced off against a diminished Chavez for the WBC junior welterweight title.
Remembering the Greats: Foreman Talks Ali Rematch & Chasing Mike Tyson
Posted: May 11, 2011 in Fight News, Remembering the GreatsTags: George Foreman, heavyweights, Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali
Yesterday, I had the privlege of briefly speaking with former heavyweight champion George Foreman. Being one of few fighters to compete in three separate decades, there’s a bunch of questions I could have asked. For me, my interest rested on two fights that didn’t happen in Foreman’s career: a money rematch with Ali and a megafight with Mike Tyson in the late 80s and early 90s.
Britain’s Hammer: Five Career Highlights from the Late Henry Cooper
Posted: May 1, 2011 in Fight News, Remembering the GreatsTags: 2011, Billy Walker, death, Henry Cooper, Jack Bodell, Joe Bugner, passing, RIP, Zora Folley
News is still spreading the globe this evening about the passing of Sir Henry Cooper at the age of 76. Considered a national treasure in his native Britain, Cooper is forever known worldwide as the man who nearly ended the Ali legend before it started by badly hurting and dropping the brash Cassius Clay in 1963… On this somber day, Beats, Boxing & Mayhem takes a look at some of Cooper’s standout performances.
Remembering the Greats: Larry Holmes Bullies Ossie Ocasio [March 23, 1979]
Posted: April 7, 2011 in Remembering the GreatsTags: heavyweight, Jimmy Young, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali, Ossie Ocasio
During his seven-year reign, many people dubbed Larry Holmes a “poor man’s Ali.” That may be true when it comes to trash-talk, but in every other facet, the Easton Assassin was a more than worthy successor to The Greatest. A good example of Holmes’ skill was his thorough dissection of young contender Ossie Oscasio.
