“When Foreman was throwing punches, the audience was screaming,” Mamba, now a boxing referee, remembered. "But Ali had surprised everyone with his hook technique. And how he was boxing on the rope ...

KINSHASA - Alfred Mamba was just 12 when boxing great Muhammad Ali descended on Kinshasa, at that time the capital of Zaire, ...

Boxing has been around for over a century, and a number of elite boxers have emerged over that time, but who are the very ...

It’s that time of the week, folks. In this week’s mailbag, Stephen ‘Breadman’ Edwards casts his eyes over questions about ...

The date was June 11 2005 when Kevin McBride earned the biggest win of his life against one of the greatest of all time; Mike Tyson. While the story has been rewritten to indicate that ‘Iron Mike’ was ...

A PUNCH crunches into the side of Daniella Muleketsi’s face ... boxing dreams live on not only in the capital, Kinshasa — where the Ali-Foreman fight happened — but also in the grassroots promotions ...

Fellow boxing legend Larry Holmes has offered his prediction for the bout, having shared the ring with ‘Iron Mike’ back in 1988 and suffering a fourth round knockout loss. Despite experiencing first ...

(Joe) Frazier did well against Ali in close, but he didn’t have the reach on the outside the way Norton did. Muhammad had a rough time with Norton and, what’s more, he didn’t have the punch to knock ...

Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of Muhammad Ali and a pro fighter ... During a sanctioned pro fight, by contrast, boxers are expected to be trying to knock each other out. George Foreman, the retired ...

Just under four years prior to his crushing defeat, though, Mike Tyson had steamrolled the son of legendary boxer Joe Frazier, perhaps even producing the most emphatic finish of his turbulent career.

Ryan Blaney steered clear of the Martinsville controversy by putting it in his mirror. He won a race and a shot at back-to-back NASCAR championships.