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'He was this city's hero': Louisville remembers Muhammad Ali
By Steve Almasy, CNN.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
Louisville, Kentucky (CNN) ? Before Muhammad Ali became a hero to the world, he was a son of Louisville.
People in this northern Kentucky city revere him, and on Wednesday, folks here celebrated his life and shared stories about meeting the three-time heavyweight champion.
At a downtown festival Read Full Story >>>Nation of Islam salutes Muhammad Ali
By Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
Even as they mourn the death and celebrate the life of Muhammad Ali, leaders and members of the local Nation of Islam Mosque No. 5 want the public to think about this question: How did Cassius Clay become Muhammad Ali?
?The short answer to that question is he heard the teachings of the Honorable Read Full Story >>> SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL? CELEBRATES ?THE GREATEST? WITH PRESENTATIONS OF TWO MUHAMMAD ALI PROGRAMS THIS WEEK
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
LIVES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: MUHAMMAD ALI AND SPORTS DETECTIVES: ALI?S GOLD MEDAL TO AIR THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
New York, June 8, 2016 ? Smithsonian Channel will honor the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali this week with the air Read Full Story >>> Sugar Ray Leonard -- I'm Going to Ali Funeral ... 'Paying My Respects' (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
TMZ SPORTS -- Sugar Ray Leonard is heading to Louisville to attend Muhammad Ali's funeral -- telling TMZ Sports the man had a tremendous impact on his life and he wants to pay his respects in person.
Leonard says he's no Read Full Story >>> The Past Week in Action 7 June 2016
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
June 2
Moscow, Russia: Cruiser: Max Vlasov (35-2) W TKO 3 Ismayl Sillah (23-3).
Vlasov continues his cruiser campaign climbing off the floor to beat Sillah. After some cautious sparring Vlasov landed a Read Full Story >>> ALA Promotions announces IDOL 2
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
Launched back in 2013 with the pilot event in Escalante City, the IDOL Boxing series will continue to showcase promising Filipino pro fighters on national TV. The second edition of the program was officially announced last Tue Read Full Story >>> Welterweight World Champion Keith Thurman Quotes
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
Keith Thurman Quotes & Photos From St. Petersburg, Fla. Media Day
Welterweight World Champion Battles Shawn Porter Live on CBS Saturday, June 25 From Barclays Center in Brooklyn
?This is a chance to showcase our Read Full Story >>> DOMINIC BREAZEALE SOUNDS OFF ON ANTHONY JOSHUA AND THE STATE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION DURING LOS ANGELES MEDIA WORKOUT
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
Breazeale Challenges Undefeated IBF Heavyweight World Champion Anthony Joshua On Saturday, June 25, Live on SHOWTIME? From The O2 in London
LOS ANGELES (June 8, 2016) ? Undefeated World Ranked Heavyweight Contender Read Full Story >>> Obituary: Muhammad Ali, heavyweight boxer
The Economist, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
PURE skill was much of it. The brutal delicacy of the ring-craft, so rare in the heavyweight division. Among the lumbering sloggers he dodged and danced, floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee. Faced with a solid, flat-footed opponent, as all seemed to be compared with him, he would circle, Read Full Story >>> Peter FitzSimons: Boxing has a case to answer over Muhammad Ali's death
By Peter Fitzsimons, Stuff NZ, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
OPINION: I loved ? and I use the word advisedly ? Muhammad Ali.
I watched every fight I could. I read every book I could get my hands on. I soaked up every interview I saw. I can still recite verbatim some of his most wonderful speeches. The hero worship I felt as a child grew stronger as I becam Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao still richest congressman
By Ellson Quismorio, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
Sarangani Rep. and Senator-elect Manny Pacquiao might not be the lone billionaire anymore in the House of Representatives, but he was still far and away its richest member at the close of the 16th Congress.
Based on his 2015 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), Pacquiao more tha Read Full Story >>> Lomachenko describes Vargas-Salido as ?Mexican-Style? slugfest
By Mitch Abramson, RingTV.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
Vasyl Lomachenko is nearly a finished product in the ring. His English, on the other hand, is still progressing.
Yet, when he was asked to assess Saturday?s donnybrook between Francisco Vargas and Orlando Salido, the two-time Olympic gold medalist smiled quickly and shrugged his shoulders.
?It Read Full Story >>> What I learned about Muhammad Ali over 50 years
By Greg Boeck, USA Today, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
PHOENIX ? If I had to pick one word to describe Muhammad Ali, it would be loyal. In his remarkable 74 years in a world he made laugh, cheer, think and cry, it?s a trait he never wavered from.
"The Champ" never forgot his roots in his hometown of Louisville, where both he and I were born and first Read Full Story >>> Another gift Muhammad Ali gave us: Refusing to hide as Parkinson?s progressed
By Jalal Baig, Salon.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
Muhammad Ali became human in 1996. On this summer night in Atlanta, the manifestations of a disease diagnosed twelve years before were now evident. The man who once routed Superman on the pages of a comic book was now displaying the ravaging effects of his kryptonite: Parkinson?s disease. It had red Read Full Story >>> Muhammad Ali: Louisville kicks off celebration of legend's life
By Ray Sanchez, CNN.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
(CNN) ? The lines that snaked for blocks Wednesday in downtown Louisville were reminiscent of the scramble long ago for tickets to this boxing legend's title bouts.
Within an hour, some 15,000 tickets had been handed out for Friday's memorial service for Muhammad Ali -- a final hometown main event Read Full Story >>> Muhammad Ali, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jordan, and the Elephant in the Room
By Britt Julious, Esquire, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong. No Vietcong ever called me nigger," Muhammad Ali famously said as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. "No, I am not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of Read Full Story >>> How Angelo Dundee met Muhammad Ali
BoxingNews, Thu, 09 Jun 2016
In April 2010 Matt Christie spoke to Muhammad Ali?s now passed trainer, Angelo Dundee. See this week?s special edition of Boxing News magazine for what he had to say about their incredible journey
THIS week?s Boxing News magazine is a special 56-page, expanded tribute to Muhammad Ali, filled with Read Full Story >>> MUHAMMAD ALI ?THE GREATEST? TRIVIA PART III
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jun 2016
When he retired from professional boxing, Muhammad Ali committed much of his time to philanthropy and get involved in establishing and raising funds for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in Phoenix, Arizona. For several years, Ali Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach -- I'm Sad About Ali ... 'I Wonder What I Have to Look Foward To' (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Jun 2016
TMZ SPORTS -- An honest moment from legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach -- who says he's sad about Muhammad Ali's death because it makes him think about "what I maybe have to look forward to."
Just like Ali, Roach has Pa Read Full Story >>> Muhammad Ali: A Man First, a Boxer Second
By Christian Giudice, Boxing.com, Wed, 08 Jun 2016
Ali just kept talking so the world would have its own playlist when he could no longer express himself properly with words?
Saying goodbye to someone like Muhammad Ali is difficult; accepting that he is gone is nearly impossible. Boxing becomes secondary when one tries to measure what Ali meant t Read Full Story >>>
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