Theodore Flowers middleweight boxing champ

Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson permanently retired from boxing on this day with six victories in title bouts to his credit -- more than any other fighter in history.

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Dec

10

1965

African-American Tennis Champion Althea Gibson Quotes

Althea Gibson, a sharecroppers daughter raised on welfare mostly in New York City, learned tennis through public clubs. She rose to become the first African-American to play at in the Forest Hills and in the Wimbledon championships, and the first African-American to win either. Althea Gibson broke

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Boxing Legend: Harry "The Black Panther" Wills Pt. II

In part one of our entry on Harry “The Black Panther” Wills we went into his rivalry against “The Boston Bonecrusher” Sam Langford between 1914 and

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Lil’ Kim

Lil’ Kim shared a Grammy in 2002 with Christina Aguilera, Pink and Mya. The four re-recorded the classic 1970s single “Lady Marmalade” for the soundtrack to the 2001 movie Moulin Rouge… “G.O.A.T.” stands for Greatest Of All Time; the phrase has often been used by boxer

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The famous boxer Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns becomes the first Black man to win boxi

The famous boxer Thomas Hit Man Hearns becomes the first Black man to win boxing titles in five different weight classes, 1987

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Sep

15

1987

Muhammad Ali regains world heavyweight boxing title.

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Oct

29

1974

Abe Attell

Abe Attell , byname the Little Champ (born February 22, 1884, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died February 7, 1970, New Paltz, New York), American professional boxer, undisputed world featherweight champion from 1906 through 1912. Attell was from a poor Jewish family and began his boxing career

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Jim Strickland, National Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee, Exits the Ring. Famed Boxing Cutman Passes at 90

In his hometown of Kansas City, KS, Jim Strickland learned about the sweet science of boxing as a teenager under the tutelage of Golden Gloves Hall of Fame trainer Arrington

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(1894) William Saunders Scarborough, “The Ethics of the Hawaiian Question,”

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Fury hopes to ‘give fans what they want’ with Joshua showdown

(Reuters) – Tyson Fury said he was eager to give British boxing fans what they want by fighting Anthony Joshua for the undisputed world heavyweight title but he said the duo must focus on their immediate opponents to make such a match

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Callioux, Andrew (1820-1863)

Andrew Callioux, Captain of the First Louisiana Native Guards Regiment, Union Army, became a hero while leading his troops at the Battle of Port Hudson in 1863. Callioux was born a free man in New Orleans. A cigar maker with an elite clientele, Callioux was a Catholic creole of color that had

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Queen Latifah Previews New Film About Young Black Woman Who Feels ‘More Human’ As A Police Officer

Queen Latifah, in partnership with Procter Gamble and Tribeca Studios, is aiming to promote gender and racial equality among filmmakers through the Queen Collective, a short film development program which is in its second

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Details For George Floyd’s Memorial Services And Public Viewings Are Announced

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Windies to stand with BLM in fight for racial justice | New York Carib News

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Captain Jason Holder said West Indies were committed to the global fight for racial justice, and will stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the upcoming series against

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Slavery and Freedom on a Canadian Shore: Africa's Children in Nova Scotia, 1750-2009

In the account below Nova Scotian historian Sharon Robart-Johnson describes the research and writing that culminated in her book, Africans Children: A History of Blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Her book, the first history of Afro-Canadians in Nova Scotia, focuses on her community of

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Dec

27

1800

Boxer Floyd Patterson born

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson was born in Waco, North Carolina. A 1952 Olympic gold medalist, Patterson fought 64 times and won 40 bouts by knockout.

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Jan

4

1935

'He Looks Like You': Princess Love Twins with Her Baby Boy In This Photo

Folks already know Princess Love and her newborn son Epik Norwood share a striking resemblance to each other, but the latest photo the “Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood” star posted takes the

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Raoul Walsh

As a young man, Walsh worked a variety of jobs in Mexico and Texas. His acting career began in 1907 when he performed onstage in San Antonio. Shortly thereafter he returned to New York (where he took the name Raoul), and by 1909 he was playing cowboy roles in silent films for the

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‘It’s racist' - Muhammad Ali’s son condemns Black Lives Matter movement

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Gordon Parks

Belonging to Fort Scott, Kansas, Gordon Parks was born on November 30, 1912 to a family whose head was a vegetable farmer. Being black, Parks faced extreme forms of discrimination as a child and was forced to attend a segregated elementary school. His race also prohibited him from active

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Nov

30

1912

Henry Armstrong, the only boxer to hold three boxing titles simultaneously, is

Henry Armstrong, the only boxer to hold three boxing titles simultaneously, is born in Columbus, Ohio

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Dec

2

1912

'You Guys Are the Cutest': Toya Johnson and Her Fiancé Have Folks Gushing Over Their Latest Couple Snaps

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. Ali was a fiercely serious child, who had experienced the harsh realities of racism at a very young age. He started training to be a boxer at the age of 12

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Jan

17

1942

Robinson, Sugar Ray

Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920–89, American boxer, b. Detroit as Walker Smith, Jr. He began boxing after three years of high school in New York City. Having won all his amateur fights (about 90), including the Golden Gloves featherweight title, Robinson turned professional in 1940. He won the

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Brian Custer Introduces the Last Stand Podcast

The Emmy Award-Winning Brian Custer has been a sports broadcaster for over 14 years

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Joe Louis

Joe Louis , byname of Joseph Louis Barrow, also called the Brown Bomber (born May 13, 1914, Lafayette, Alabama, U.S.—died April 12, 1981, Las Vegas, Nevada), American boxer who was world heavyweight champion from June 22, 1937, when he knocked out James J. Braddock in eight rounds in

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Lonnie King: Organized "The Second Battle of Atlanta"

Lonnie C. King organized thousands of students to sit-in at lunch counters in Atlanta in the

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Uganda: How Late Bloomer Magwali Gave Up Firefighting to Enjoy Football

The 23-year-old is a jack of all trades who plays for the national beach soccer team yet his arrival at 16-time champions SC Villa came when he was playing football for the sake of it in the third-tier Regional

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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer

Sports historian Clay Moyle describes Canadian-born Sam Langford as one of the most successful and yet little known boxers of the 20th Century. In the excerpt below, drawn from his recently publisher book titled Sam Langford: Boxing’s Greatest Uncrowned Champion, Moyle makes his case for that

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Jan

12

1956

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali won his three titles by defeating Sonny Liston (1964), George Foreman (1974) and Leon Spinks (1978)… Muhammad Ali’s managers sometimes referred to him as GOAT — the Greatest Of All Time… Sprinter Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the same games at which

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