Who is Cassius Clay; if you asked the majority of the people in the United States who this was many people couldn't tell you. If you then asked the same people who Muhammad Ali (the name Cassius took after converting to Islam) is all of a sudden they all start sounding like boxing scholars. The...

"Sugar" Ray Leonard "This is my last fight, my decision is final. The journey is ended, my dream fulfilled." This is what "Sugar" Ray Leonard said after he won the gold medal for boxing in 1976. The journey was not over, nor was the dream was unfulfilled. Leonard had ...

Rocky Marciano was born on September 1, 1923 in Brockton,Massachusetts to Mr. and Mrs. Pierino Marchegiano. Rocky would live a pretty normal life until 18 months of age , when he would contract pneumonian. Pneumonia was an infection which would nearly kill Rocky , but through his strong constitution...

BOXING. TH~ MOST DANGEROUS SPORT Delivered by Rob Goeckel at the University of Wisconsin. 1 "I killed a man. Afterward, they told me that it wasn't my fault) and that anyway it was nothing new. It had happened before. It has happened since. And, believe me, it will happen again." 2 This quote was...

Boxing originated in ancient Greece as an outlet for 'combat readiness'. Over the years to follow boxing has transformed from a method of training and military preparation to a spectacle viewed by millions on television cheering for blood and knockouts. The time line of boxing choreographs ...