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Alonso Johnson ducks away from Muhammad Ali, during exhibition bouts at the London Hilton, October 11, 1971
“WHAT’S wrong with me going to jail for something I believe in? Boys are dying in Vietnam for something they don’t believe.”
This defiant statement, made during an interview with “The Black Scholar” magazine in June 1970, encapsulates the greatness of Muhammad Ali more than any performance in the ring ever did before or would thereafter.
Surveying the arid topography of today’s boxing landscape, you cannot but be struck — when you compare and contrast — by the lack of any current elite level fighter who enters the ring in the name of anything more than self and personal wealth. And, after all, it’s not as if today there aren’t causes to be fought and fought for.
Amid riots, strikes and Thatcher’s Britain, Frank Bruno fought not just for boxing glory, but for a nation desperate for heroes, writes JOHN WIGHT
In recently published book Baddest Man, Mark Kriegel revisits the Faustian pact at the heart of Mike Tyson’s rise and the emotional fallout that followed, writes JOHN WIGHT
As we mark the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, JOHN WIGHT reflects on the enormity of the US decision to drop the atom bombs
From humble beginnings to becoming the undisputed super lightweight champion of the world, Josh Taylor’s career was marked by fire, ferocity, and national pride, writes JOHN WIGHT
