I will never forget watching Leon drop the Cuban, Sixto Soria, in the light-heavyweight gold medal bout at the 1976 Olympics. RIP, Leon....
boxing
Cassius Clay Arrives in London
1966: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAD-d6KEuxA] British Pathe videos
Heavyweight Knockout Call of the Day
January 22, 1973; Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZEIMQ42-oU] Thanks to Barton Price for inspiring this post.
Heavyweight Fight of the Day
Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar “Ringo” Bonavena, December 7, 1970. Check out the last eight minutes for some classic Howard Cosell, especially the phone conversation with Joe Frazier and Ringo coming into the camera shot to tell everyone that Ali would...
Ali vs. Spinks I
I try to read a few sports a year. Some of you may recall that this summer I read The Outsider, the recently published memoir of tennis star Jimmy Connors. Today I added a new book to my sports reading...
Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier!
One of the greatest fight calls I have ever heard, but this match should have stopped way before it was. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9q7mvc6bsY]...