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    Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.” Great words from late-passionate Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali is a former (deceased) boxing champion and civil rights activist. Known to be one of the most significant celebrated sports figure in the 20th century. Also influenced millions around the world to never give up on their dreams. Muhammad Ali’s Impact inside and outside the ring redefined boxing as more influenced throughout decades. One…

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    The Cinderella Man is a movie that is based on the true story of a boxer in the middle of the Great Depression. How through boxing he had once been on the top, and when the Great Depression started he lost it all, as many did to, but slowly through boxing he managed to get his family to survive and inspire the people to fight to. When the movie begins, November 30, 1928, James J. Braddock the main character is in a boxing match that he wins. After the match he goes to his house and his family.…

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    Parallelism In Boxing

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    In this particular photograph, Ali towered over his opponent, Sonny Liston, in victory. He stands alone, with only the crowd. Boxing was an individual sport. There were no teams, only one-on-one battle between the two fighters. The individualism of boxing related with American individualism. "Americans grow up with…

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    Problem Chance was dribbling the ball when he heard his dad’s familiar voice “CHANCE GET BACK IN HERE AND WORK ON YOUR SONG!”. This was an average thing for Chance, his dad was a famous rapper so it was obvious that he wanted Chance to be a professional rapper too. Chance walked into his huge mansion with spiral staircases at the entrance and platinum records all over the walls. As soon as he walked in his butler, Ferdinand, told him that his father was in the studio. Chance walked into the…

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    Before Mohammed Ali was Muhammad Ali he was Cassius Marcella clay Jr .Muhammad Ali filled his way to success when his boxing career all started because his bicycle was stolen and a Louisville police officer Joe Martin who was a boxing trainer suggesting that the young Ali should first learn how to fight.18 year old Muhammad who just graduated high school making it to the Rome Olympics came back home to Louisville a gold medalist in 1960 but that joy quickly faded away when he was refused…

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    Randy Mario Poffo, better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler and color commentator best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling . He is regarded as one of the greatest pro wrestlers in history. Savage won 20 championships during his 32-year career. He held six world championships between the WWF and WCW, having won the WWF Championship twice and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship four times. He…

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    On May 25th 1965 at St.Dominic's Hall in Lewiston Maine, Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston got into the ring for the second time. Liston lost to Ali by KO at 2:12 in round one of fifthteen. Ali caught Liston on the chin with a solid, short, counter right hand over a lazy left jab, “ the phantom punch” causing Liston to collapse to the rings floor. There are people who were there and had witnessed the fight who still to this day, claim that it was a fixed fight. George Chuvalo was ABSOLUTELY…

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    Jack Dempsey: A True Hero

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    Talton Price Eng lll. Ms. Q One can not simply discuss the 1920s without mentioning the boxing phenom, Jack Dempsey. He alone became the prototype for all the future superstar athletes that followed. Even other big-time sport enthusiasts’ could not compare to his popularity. Jack Dempsey was significantly important to the 1920s on the grounds that he made sporting events fashionable and knocking out contenders breathtaking. Sporting events expanded and thrived throughout the 1920s due to the…

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    The great boxing legend Muhammad Ali once said was “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali was one of the best boxers there were because when he was 18 or 19 he joined the Olympic team and then winning a Gold medal by defeating the three time European champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski. Muhammed Ali was legendary to boxing because of who he was, his accomplishments in boxing, and what he accomplished outside of boxing. Their was a well known boxer named Muhammad Ali, who was known…

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    what he’s going to do to them. He called them same name that made his opponents very angry. Before his first meeting with Sonny Liston Ali went to Sonny’s house and calling coward, and he was too scared to fight Ali. How did this affect him? The only way this had effect on his life was that it gave him a his first world heavyweight champion match with Sonny Liston. At the time Sonny was the world heavyweight champion and he didn’t want to fight young boy who had a big mouth. However this changed…

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