No sour grapes over Ali fight says Foreman
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George Foreman still insists he was drugged before his famous 1974 clash with Muhammad Ali in Africa but says the defeat was good for his soul and he is not sore about it.
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In a fight that was as interesting for what went on outside the ring as for what happened in it, WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz won a unanimous decision over challenger
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Kobe Bryant is shrugging off criticism of him by former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson.
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When John Ruiz gets in the ring, things usually get ugly. Put Andrew Golota in there with him, and things could get a lot uglier. That&#39;s the possibility Saturday night when Ruiz defends his WBA heavyweight
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PHILADELPHIA Ã¢ÂÂ What if a boxer spent the week before a big match telling the media exactly how and where he would land his punches against the opponent? For starters, that would make things much easier for his rival Ã¢ÂÂ and that is exactly the advantage that Barack Obama has handed to Hillary Rodham Clinton for tonightÃ¢ÂÂs nationally televised Democratic presidential debate.
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Before it&#39;s all over, the boos might boost him to a Olympic gold medal, America&#39;s first in boxing since the 1996 Games. &quot;Yeah, I like it,&quot; Ward said.
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A California judge on Wednesday refused a bid by producers of NBC&#39;s upcoming TV boxing show &quot;The Contender&quot; to block the Sept. 10 debut of Fox&#39;s rival reality series, &quot;The Next Great Champ,&quot; giving the first round ...
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It&#39;s been eight years since a US boxer stood on an Olympic .podium to receive a gold medal. It&#39;s been six years since Andre Ward lost a fight.
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NEW YORK -- The folks at Madison Square Garden like to call their building the mecca of boxing. For one night, the show lived up to that hyperbole.
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Terry Butcher is adamant he will not back down from his recent criticism aimed at England which has partly resulted in the players boycotting the media after the 2-1 win over Poland on Wednesday.
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Max Schmeling wanted to be a heavyweight champion, not a symbol of Nazi supremacy.
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Much like Muhammad Ali before him, heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko isn&#39;t afraid to take a political stance. By Joe Cavaretta, AP.
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Floyd Landisâs defense that his drug tests were not handled properly does not negate the findings, the World Anti-Doping Agency chairman, Dick Pound, said Sunday.
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Under pressure from Andrew Golota and under siege from referee Randy Neumann, Ruiz considered that life as World Boxing Association heavyweight champion just might not be worth the effort.
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Andrew Golota has been in his fair share of wars in the ring, and whether he has it in him to endure another remains to be seen. Not that I expect his bout with John Ruiz to be one.
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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed has insisted Pakistan would have no right of veto over any future appointment of Darrell Hair after the umpire ruled they had forfeited last week's fourth Test against England here at The Oval.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 24 -- The announcer was calling Gary Russell Jr.'s name, saying he was going to the championship round of the Olympic trials, but the fighter did not wear a smile. Nobody smiled. Among the USA Boxing people who held him as one of their best hopes for the Beijing Olympics, everyone did...