Tom Molineaux tours Ireland teaching the art of boxing.

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Mahershala Ali to Portray First Black Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson In Upcoming HBO Series

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Martin Lawrence is an American actor and comedian who has starred in numerous Hollywood hits. He was born on April 16, 1965 to John and Chlora Lawrence. John Lawrence was enlisted in the U.S. military and serving in Frankfurt, Germany at the time so Martin was born there. He was named after 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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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

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Sugar Ray Leonard Talks Boxing, Personal Demons, and Greatest Triumphs

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

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

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Mike Tyson Offered $20 Million To Fight In Bare Knuckles Bout

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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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Jazz C Gobert still not fully recovered from COVID-19

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to reportedly test positive for COVID-19 and who drew the ire of numerous people when the league initially suspended the season, says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original

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UNEXPECTED RIFT EXPOSED OVER AFRICA SEAT IN U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL – The Wilmington Journal

The Africa seat at the United Nations Security Council was the subject of a heated duel between two African countries who lobbied fiercely for the powerful

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Biography: Idi Amin Dada, the Butcher of Uganda

Idi Amin Dada, who became known as the Butcher of Uganda for his brutal, despotic rule whilst president of Uganda in the 1970s, is possibly the most notorious of all Africas post-independence dictators. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971 and ruled over Uganda for 8 years. Estimates for

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Thomas Hearns

Thomas Hearns was born on October 18, 1958 in Tennessee and relocated to Michigan with his family at the age of 5. After she got divorced from his father, Hearns’ mother remarried and gave Hearns six more siblings from the second marriage, adding up to a total of eight

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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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Richmond, Bill (1763 – 1829)

BillRichmond, a.k.a. The Black Terror, the first black boxer to gaininternational recognition, was born in Cuckolds Town (now Richmondtown), on Staten Island, NewYork, on August 5, 1763. In 1777 when the Englishtroops held New Yorkduring the revolutionary war, he served their General Earl

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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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Telling Carl Maxey’s Story: Understanding the Fighter in the Ring and the Courtroom

In the account below, Jim Kershner, author, historian, and longtime journalist for the Spokesman-Review, Spokane’s major daily newspaper, discusses what led him to the story of Carl Maxey, one of Washington States key 20th century civil rights figures, and the challenges he encountered while

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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM FRI. 6.26.20 10:30AM ET — DERRICK JOHNSON, NAACP PRESIDENT AND CEO

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Jamie Foxx Bulks Up, Confirms Mike Tyson Biopic is in the Works – Free Press of Jacksonville

Jamie Foxx bulks up, confirms Mike Tyson biopic is in the

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Sexism in sports as prevalent as ever

All of this continues with barely any women’s sports classics, talk, or anything else as women’s sports remain a far distant second to

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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM WED. 6.24.20 7:00PM ET — ZIGGY MARLEY — CELEBRATING BLACK MUSIC APPRECIATION MO

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Do The Right Thing NFL! | Afro

As we observe the recent apologies of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the NFL (National Football League), it is important to note that professional sports, including the NFL, has long been afflicted with the paradigm of

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Ving Rhames

Ving Rhames is one of the celebrated African American film artists. He is best known for his work in Pulp Fiction, Con Air, Dawn of the Dead, Mission: Impossible film series and Bringing Out the Dead. In 1998, he was awarded Golden Globe for his remarkable performance in a TV miniseries, Don

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1959

Tom Molineaux loses his second championship fightagainst the English titlehold

Tom Molineaux loses his second championship fight against the English titleholder, Tom Cribb.

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African-American businesses

African-American businesses, also known as black-owned businesses or black businesses, originated in the days of slavery before 1865. Emancipation and civil rights permitted businessmen to operate inside the American legal structure starting in the Reconstruction Era (1863–77) and afterwards. By

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Ann Wolfe: The Hardest Puncher in Women's Boxing

The charismatic Ann Wolfe was a force of nature in professional boxing as she devastated the women’s rankings in multiple weight divisions. Born in Austin, Texas on January 17, 1971. She was raised in Oberlin, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California. In 1996, she returned to Austin with her daughters

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Trump’s photo-op with a Bible is contemptuous

In a made-for-propaganda-TV moment, he led a bizarre parade from the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church down the street on the evening of June 1, where he waited for someone in his entourage to hand him

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Muhammad Ali Jr: My dad would call Black Lives Matter a 'racist' cause

However, on the fourth anniversary of his death, his son, Muhammad Ali Jr. states that his famous father wouldn’t be happy with the Black Lives Matter

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Joe Frazier

Joe Frazier was a professional boxer and former World Heavyweight Champion. He was born on January 12, 1944 and was the youngest of several children. His parents were farmers and lived in Beaufort, South Carolina. They lived in relative poverty and Joe had to work as a farmhand from a very early

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