Professional boxing had come a long way in the half-century that preceded March 8, 1971, the night Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali stepped into the Madison Square Garden ring for what remains history’s greatest heavyweight championship fight. Read more…
In memoriam… Contents [hide] 1 LEON SPINKS 2 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER 3 DUSTIN DIAMOND 4 SOPHIE XEON 5 CICELY TYSON 6 CLORIS LEACHMAN 7 LARRY KING 8 HAL HOLBROOK 9 HANK AARON 10 BABY CEO 11 MIRA FURLAN 12 HARRY BRANT 13 PHIL SPECTOR 14 JOANNE ROGERS 15 PETER MARK RICHMAN 16 JOHN REILLY 17 ED […]
Leon Spinks passed away on February 5 due to prostate cancer at the age of 67. On this date 42 years ago, he starred in one of sports’ larger-than-life upsets over one of the most unforgettable boxers to have ever stepped into a ring. If you compile your own Tale of the Tape retrospective, without […]
Leon Spinks passed away on February 5 due to prostate cancer at the age of 67. On February 15, 42 years ago, he starred in one of sports’ larger-than-life upsets over one of the most unforgettable boxers to have ever stepped into a ring. If you compile your own Tale of the Tape retrospective, without any […]