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Happy 70th birthday Muhammad Ali: His journey to greatness
It started with a stolen bicycle. Whoever took young Cassius Clay’s shiny new Schwinn certainly had no idea that petty crime would transform a young kid from Louisville, Ky. into a champion known and loved the world over. As Muhammad Ali celebrates his 70th birthday …
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Condit beats angry Diaz
LAS VEGAS — Carlos Condit won the UFC interim welterweight title and earned a shot at injured champion Georges St-Pierre with a unanimous decision over Nick Diaz in the main event at UFC 143. Two judges scored the five-round fight 49-46, and the third had …Read More
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Angelo Dundee, trainer of Ali and Leonard, dies
Angelo Dundee — the boxing trainer who became well-known for his work with Muhammad Ali — died Wednesday night at his apartment in Tampa, Fla., at age 90, and with him a part of boxing died, too.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. to make $100K donation to breast cancer foundation
LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due to make good on a promise to a Nevada judge to donate $100,000 to a breast cancer support organization. The undefeated prizefighter is scheduled to present a check Wednesday at his gym in Las Vegas to …Read More
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Muhammad Ali to mark his 70th in Louisville
Legendary heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is going home to Louisville, Ky., to mark his 70th birthday. He turns 70 on Jan. 17.
UFC 141: Brock Lesnar retires after loss to Alistair Overeem
LAS VEGAS — Brock Lesnar retired from mixed martial arts after Alistair Overeem stopped him with one vicious kick to the body at 2:26 of the first round in their heavyweight bout at UFC 141 on Friday night. Lesnar is the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view star …Read More
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. gets 90 jail days
LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to reduced battery domestic violence and harassment charges before a Las Vegas judge. Judge Melissa Saragosa also ordered the 34-year-old Mayweather to complete 100 hours of community …Read More
Floyd Mayweather Jr. to plead guilty to felony charges
LAS VEGAS — Officials say boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. will plead guilty in Las Vegas to reduced charges in a plea deal settling felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend and a misdemeanor charge that he poked a security guard. An aide to Clark County …
Martial Arts 101: Parents’ research offers best defense
You fear that your daughter has strayed onto a bully’s radar — or that your son is turning into a bully. Martial arts training can solve both situations. Yes, students learn self-defense techniques. More important, they learn confidence, discipline and respect, according to operators of …
Hominick to take on Korea’s Jung in UFC 140
TORONTO — It wasn’t until after UFC 129, when his wife snapped a photo of him with her phone in the hospital, that Canadian featherweight Mark Hominick realized what he looked like. Thanks to 25 minutes in a cage with UFC champion Jose Aldo, it …
Muhammad Ali ‘well’ after dehydration treatment
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A spokesman for Muhammad Ali says the former heavyweight champion is “well, happy and carrying on with his daily routine” after being treated for dehydration last month. Spokesman Craig Bankey says in a statement released Friday that Ali was treated Nov. 19, …
Chicago-based Bellator inks global TV deal
LOS ANGELES — While the UFC makes its network television debut on Fox this week, a smaller mixed martial arts promotion is also getting millions of new viewers.
Bellator Fighting Championships has agreed to a five-year deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises to sell its MMA programming …
Fightin’ Words: Fox’s Cain event is UFC’s key to big time
This weekend, the Ultimate Fighting Championship goes prime time. On Saturday, the UFC makes its broadcast TV debut at 8 p.m. on Fox-32 when champion Cain Velasquez faces Brazilian Junior dos Santos for the UFC heavyweight title in Anaheim, Calif. While other organizations have had …
UFC’s Dana White: Fans can watch history in making
One of the great things about being a sports fan is remembering exactly where you were when a moment in history was created. For baseball fans, that day might be Oct. 15, 1988, when an injured Kirk Gibson hit a stunning walk-off homerun off Dennis …
