Muhammad Ali

In those days, a Las Vegas boxing writer could get a lot of experience really ... “Holmes will run out of gas, and I’ll kick his ass! Get your tickets now!” he said. I truly believed that Ali truly believed he was going to win — though ...  

Ali turned 70 last month (Jan12) and Slash admits it's an honour to get an invite to the party. He says, "Muhammad Ali is and always has been a role model and a hero to me. It's a huge privilege to be able to perform in his honour. He is one of the great ...  

PHILADELPHIA — Joe Frazier, the son of a South Carolina sharecropper who punched meat in a Philadelphia slaughterhouse before Rocky, won Olympic gold, and beat an undefeated Muhammad Ali to become one of the all-time heavyweight greats, died on Monday ...  

Kennedy contributed vocals to two album tracks on Slash's previous ... Sean Combs, Lenny Kravitz, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oprah Winfrey and former President Bill Clinton. Tickets are online for the gala now, which will be nationally televised on Saturday ...  

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali’s remarkable skills as an athlete in the ring, and his larger than life persona outside it, have led to more than few films about his life. Most notably among the litter is Michael Mann’s Will Smith-starring “Ali,” and of course there is subtly titled "The Greatest," but as we told you at the start of the month, “The Queen” director Stephen Frears is looking to step into the ring with his own Ali biopic for HBO...  

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was remembered Friday as a master motivator and a man who left a legacy of kindness during a funeral service attended by Muhammad Ali. Dundee helped mould Ali into a world champion, and Ali ...  

Chazz Palminteri, and Sammy Hagar. Boxing icons scheduled to attend the celebration include Sugar Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield, Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers, Leon Spinks, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini and Tommy "Hitman" Hearns. Even more big names from the ...  

Angelo Dundee, the man who trained legendary boxer Muhammad Ali for the "Fight of the Century," the "Rumble in the Jungle" and "Thrilla in Manila," died on Wednesday, at the age of 90, taking part of boxing with him.  

Dundee, who died Wednesday at the age of 90, trained Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman and 12 other champions, schooling them inside and outside the ring. “He was wonderful. He was the whole package,” promoter Bob Arum said.  

But it was during his long-lasting partnership with Ali that Dundee really made his name. Ali was galvanised by Dundee at critical stages of his battles with Joe Frazier and Sonny Liston, while fights with Henry Cooper and George Foreman witnessed Dundee ...  

Angelo Dundee, the boxing trainer who ran Muhammad Ali ... the U.S. Army -- was the trainer’s willingness to let his boxer be his showman self, David Remnick wrote in “King of the World,” his 1998 biography of Ali. Dundee told Remnick ...  

Muhammad Ali’s legendary trainer Angelo Dundee has died, and the sport of boxing has lost a man who defined what it means to have a guy in your corner ... having motivated Sugar Ray Leonard to win his biggest match and accompanying heavyweight ...  

Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee, who helped to mould Muhammad Ali, has died at the age of 90. A brilliant motivator, Dundee worked the corner for Ali in his greatest fights, willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout and coached hundreds of ...  

The renowned trainer, who worked with Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard and was an ambassador for boxing, died Wednesday in Florida.Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout, died Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. He was 90.  

There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday party. The genial trainer got to see his old friend, and reminisce about good times. It was almost as if they were together in their prime again, and what a time that was. Dundee died in his apartment in Tampa, Fla.,...