George Thomas Clark
25 articles · Boxing.com
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Better Not Diss Pacquiao?s Hoops
Manny is not merely a national deity and congressman ? he owns a pro basketball team, Kia Carnival? For two decades Manny Pacquiao has excelled in a sport requiring mental and physical…
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The George Foreman Addiction
You?re growling on the living room floor. You don?t growl during football and basketball games. Why now? You?re not the only animal? If you watch George Foreman fight, admit it. You?re not…
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Jack Palance Estate Auction
Palance either won fifteen in a row, twelve by knockout, until losing a brawl to a contender or ? more likely ? usually took as many blows as he delivered? At age…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Sugar Ray Leonard
And I?m glad we?re talking about Hagler and Hearns, Floyd, because we all know damn well you wouldn?t have fought either of them? In the golden ballroom of a grand casino stands…
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Joe Frazier vs. Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson?s not taking any chances. He?s jabbing, and I?m chasing him like he?s the shyest girl at the dance? You?re kidding, right, taking me back to 1905 San Francisco to watch…
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Vitali-Putin Battle over Airliner
Vladimir Putin stood, walked around his desk and gave me his hand. I took it and turned to the bodyguards? ?This is Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kiev, calling for President Vladimir Putin,?…
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Cruisin? with Money
Throughout lunch of hamburgers fit for a carnivorous elephant, I wondered what Floyd Mayweather had in mind? ?Hi, this is Merle Edwards, here in Vegas for my interview with Floyd. What time…
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After the Fight
I pulled back curtains to behold two young ladies, a blonde and a redhead, each clad in delightfully inadequate hot pants? I recently confessed, in an article about the fighter formerly known…
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Matthew Saad Muhammad Goes Home
I defend my title six, seven, eight times. Most of my fights are wars and some say I take more punishment than guys I beat. That?s okay. That?s who I am? Where…
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Ali Challenges Klitschko
I?m not disrespecting anyone. I understood Frazier, Norton, and Foreman were very dangerous. And I know the same about Klitschko? I was the greatest and will be again. Don?t deny I can…
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Emails from Money and Maidana
Late last night Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana exchanged the following emails forwarded to me by confidential sources? Late last night Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana exchanged the following emails forwarded to…
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Floyd Mayweather in Hot Tub
I?d like to thank Floyd for granting me a place in the hot tub, though he insisted I put my shirt back on to cover what he said was ?too much loose…
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Lennox?s Retirement Biggest Victory
When one of the best heavyweight champions in history retired in 2004, not many noticed; even fewer thought it a milestone to be celebrated; and no one seemed very emotional about the…
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Sonny Liston Is Santa Claus
Look at this, my father said, showing my mother, sister, and me the December 1963 cover of Esquire magazine. This is the greatest Santa Claus ever. I didn?t know Santa was black,…
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Angelo Dundee Advises Broner
Son, you?re urinating some blood and getting your jaw looked at, but you?ll be okay, unless you fight too long. People better not celebrate your loss to Marcos Maidana too much. I…
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Slugging with Sam Langford
In 1906 I?m still only a middleweight but not afraid of big smoke Jack Johnson, the colored heavyweight champion. Damn right? I?m a skinny teenager in Nova Scotia but strong and tough.…
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Alexis Arguello Explains
Why couldn?t Alexis, who persevered during many wars in the ring and a shooting war in the bush, keep going in everyday life? I am honored many people are calling me a…
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Letter to Oscar De La Hoya
Dear Oscar, I?m sorry to learn you?re back in rehab but glad you went. Most alcoholics never submit to inpatient treatment. I never did but should have during three decades of excess.…
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Emergency Evaluation of a Judge
After Floyd Mayweather jabs, right crosses, dodges, entangles and torments poor young Canelo Alvarez for twelve rounds, all viewers wait to hear whether flashy Floyd has officially won every round or only…
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Puerto Rican Trilogy
I?m loving life on the island and my buddy and I have ten packets of coke in his car and snort one and are ready to do lots more when I?m shot…