The first edition George Foreman, who won the world heavyweight title in 1973, by massacring Joe Frazier, was the Merchant of Menace. The second version, who won it in 1994,…
As a social activist and courageous victim of a vicious, duplicitous establishment, he was one of the very few authentic existential heroes sport had seen. Yes, it’s true that he…
In the last fortnight, boxing lost two famous world champions—Ingemar Johansson and Jose Torres. Johansson was the last white world heavyweight champion from the days when there was only one…