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    To Whom It May Concern: The merits of Fantasy class are just as important as other classic literature classes at a university level. The literature of fantasy read in this class teaches important lessons much like in other famous literatures. For example, a classic American literature class might read Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mocking Bird. A famous story that teaches the importance of empathy. Fantasy works can expand on the idea of empathy and draw a reader in. The story Neverwhere by Neil…

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    The movie Ali with Will Smith I believe portrayed the boxer as a person with perseverance and calculating. The fight scene with George Foreman spoke volumes about Ali’s character. In this particular scene it was clear that Ali had lost to George before and this fight was about Ali reclaiming his title as the heavy weight champion of the world. Viewers were able to see Ali’s perseverance throughout the whole movie especially when his team lacked confidence in him. He was not going to give up.…

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    Manny Pacquiao, Duterte’s perfect match in drug war By Dung Phan Far away from the boxing ring in the United States where Manny Pacquiao had his first fight, to the stage in the Philippines where Duterte first delivered his inauguration speech, there was one unifying thread between sheer momentum: their popularity. Pacquiao, known as "the destroyer" or "Fist of Nation" embodied the country's struggles and triumphs, becoming the public face of the Philippines. Duterte, nicknamed as "the…

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    A potential blockbuster fight between Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan is reportedly “almost certain” to happen in the first or second quarter of next year as Top Rank chief Bob Arum begins to run his machinery in order to setup a meeting between the two well-known fighters. Bleacher Report indicated that Arum’s initial plan is to stage it in the Middle East, but not in Dubai. If it does not work out, then the bout will be held in Las Vegas, Arum said. The 28-year-old Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) had been…

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    In 1955, Robinson returned to the ring. Although he had been inactive for two and a half years, his work as a dancer kept him in peak physical condition: in his autobiography, Robinson states that in the weeks leading up to his debut for a dancing engagement in France, he ran five miles every morning, and then danced for five hours each night. Robinson even stated that the training he did in his attempts to establish a career as a dancer were harder than any he undertook during his boxing career…

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    symbol to the American people. Joe Louis was born on May 13, 1914, Lafayetta, Alabama. Joe started spending time with a gang. His mom didn’t want him to get in any trouble she made him do violin lessons. Joe was introduced to the life of boxing because of his friend. He from then on used violin money to train at the Brewster Recreation Center and fought under the name Joe Louis so his mom wouldn’t find out ( Biography.com editors).…

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    Muhammed Ali was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville Kentucky. He grew up with his father mother and older brother Rudolph. Muhammad was not born named Muhammad his birth name was Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. At a young age of just 12 Muhammad wanted to box, it started with his bicycle getting stolen and he reported it to a police officer say he wanted to whoop whoever took his bike, the officer told him if he wanted to whoop somebody he had to learn how to first and the next day…

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    Cassius Clay died on June 3rd, 2016, in Scottsdale Arizona. Seventy-four years prior, a champion was born. From the early stages of his career, Cassius knew he had something different than the others. A desire deep inside of him at becoming the greatest at what he does. During his lifetime, he became one of the greatest athlete to exist, but also a true model outside of the ring. He not only fought with his fists, but with his words defending the civil rights of his people. Muhammad Ali, from…

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    We assigned this site to Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. beacuse we look up to him , hes the best fighter in the world. We want to give you some more information about this legendary boxer heres a little bit of his background story: Floyd was born in Grand Raoids, Michigan on 24 February 1977 in to a family of boxers (He started boxing because of his dad.) His full name is Floyd Joy Maywheather Jr. Nick name: Pretty boy It was common for the young mayweather to come home from…

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    Muhammad Ali is a hero to many people in todays society. Muhammad Ali’s original name was Cassius Clay. Ali was an amazing boxer with a record of 56-5 with 37 knockouts. He inspires a lot of people to do certain things. One of the things he is most famous for was his stand on the Vietnam War. He also was the person to make trash talk popular in sports. Muhammad Ali was a very charitable man who often gave away some of his fortune. Muhammad Ali affected the Vietnam War a lot by refusing to…

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