On March 1 1940, the great Henry “Hammering Hank” Armstrong was preparing to face the middleweight title claimant Philippine Champion Ceferino Garcia at the Gilmore Stadium in LA. For Armstrong a ...
Look at Lance Armstrong. What does that tell you? He did god knows how many tests, they didn’t get him until way down the line, and in fact his was a very interesting thing. Do you think that, seeing ...
There was a lot of talk about history at Union Station in Los Angeles on Wednesday when Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev met face-to-face to officially kick off their bout for Kovalev’s WBO light ...
With all the good boxing legend and Filipino congressman Manny Pacquiao has done for the world outside his sport, many have compared the star to former cycling legend Lance Armstrong and the lives he ...
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Having already become the butt of jokes worldwide by taking on a 58-year-old Mike Tyson, Jake Paul’s now lining up a disgraced former cyclist. The former Disney star turned YouTuber and boxer boasts ...
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