The Drama in Bahamas was a ten-round boxing match….which took place between Muhammad Ali and Trevor Berbick in Nassau, Bahamas on December 11, 1981….as Ali was 39 years old at this time…. and Berbick was 27 years old. The fight went the distance with Berbick winning through a unanimous decision on points. This was Ali’s last boxing match. Nassau is the capital and largest city…
“March On, Bahamaland“ is the national anthem of the Bahamas. It was composed by Timothy Gibson as part of a national competition and was adopted in July 1973….as the words of anthem are as follows: Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahamaland; March on to glory, your bright banners waving high. See how the world marks…
So, I ask this of all of our viewers who watch this video seen herewith as simple question….Does it get any better than this”…..I specifically mean….Ole Blue Eyes Frank Sinatra singing about “A Foggy Day In London Town” ….while being accompanied by highlights of The Greatest Muhammad Ali during his training for his 1966 heavyweight title fight with…
After the death of Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson’s trainer and mentor, Cus D’Amato…and from that day of November 4, 1985, Iron Mike’s life spun out of control…..as he got into drugs and married actress Robin Givens….while making more money than imaginable at the time…..something in the range of $100 million during the 1980’s…..but he had lost…
Marvis Frazir is the son of former heavyweight champion and Hall of Fame boxer, Joe Frazier…..as Marvis was at ringside for all of his father’s fights after the second Oscar Bonavena bout in December 1968….which included the great battles with Muhammad Ali. Marvis had a four round exhibition with his father in Rochester, New York, on December 3, 1976….and staged another…
Ken Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American professional boxer….who competed from 1967 to 1981….and held the WBC heavyweight title in 1978. He is best known for his trilogy of fights with Muhammad Ali….in which Norton won the first fight by split decision….and lost the latter two fights by split and unanimous decision, respectively. Norton also fought a…
There has never been…..nor will there ever be again…..an athlete to stand in front of a television camera and control the stage quite like Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali…..for in so many ways, he truly was The Greatest…..whether he was responding to an interviewers question…..or reciting his poetry to any “gathered crowd”…..or “trash talking” an opponent in the…
In this 1978 interview of Muhammad Ali by Frank Gifford on ABC’s Wide World of Sports…..Ali assesses the fight between challenger Larry Holmes verses WBC Champ Ken Norton….which was a tough, competitive fight…..when after fourteen rounds…..each of the three judges scored the fight dead even at seven rounds each…..as Holmes rallied late in the fifteenth to win…
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali was billed as “The Last Hurrah“….which was a professional boxing match contested on October 2, 1980 in Las Vegas for the WBC and Lineal Heavyweight Championships ….as the fight was estimated to have been watched by a record 2 billion viewers worldwide. Larry Holmes was Ali’s sparring partner for a long time. “He lived with Ali. They boxed hundreds of…