boxing Stories - Inhistoric
Today in Sports History: August 31st
8/31/1969 - Marciano dies in plane crashRocky Marciano, widely respected as one of the greatest boxers of all time, dies in a plane just outside Newton, Iowa. He was one day shy of his 46th birthday a...
Today in Sports History: March 13th
3/13/1930 - Robbie ball switched for fruit At spring training, Brooklyn manager Wilbert Robinson attempts to best a cult accomplishment. In 1908, Gabby Street caught a baseball that was thrown to him ...
ESPN doc covers Holmes-Ali bout
In commemoration of its 30th anniversary, ESPN has enlisted thirty different film-makers to make 30 different films about 30 different things that happened since the cable giant first came on the ai...
Today in Sports History: April 20th
(Jordan scored 63 against the Celtics. Photo by Dick Raphael, Getty Images) 4/20/1967 - Don King kills Sam Garrett Long before he represented Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali, boxing promoter Don King was...
6/11/2005 - The end of Kid Dynamite
Following a pair of losses to Lennox Lewis and an unknown Danny Williams, Mike Tyson set on the comeback trail for the last time. His opponent: Ireland's own Kevin McBride. Tyson was nearly 39 years ...
Today in Sports History: July 22nd
(Liston knocks out Patterson again. Photo courtesy of AP Photos) 7/22/1963 - Patterson loses in Liston rematch On September 25, 1962, Sonny Liston humiliated Floyd Patterson to steal from him the tit...
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