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Entries tagged with "Hasim+Rahman":

• 10 Greatest Upsets in Heavyweight History – April 10th, 2012

  There's nothing like an upset to make one believe. All the questionable decisions that cast doubt on the sport are rendered meaningless when an upset occurs. And when the upset is during a contest between world-class heavyweights, the satisfaction is that much greater. This sampling covers some of the greatest upsets among heavyweights in history and includes Foreman-Frazier, Norton-Ali, Rahman-Lewis, Ali-Foreman, Louis-Schmeling, Clay-Liston, Braddock-Baer, and Tyson-Douglas...
  
  

• It Takes Tua to Tango – August 13th, 2011

  
  
  

• The New Normal in the Heavyweight Division – August 16th, 2011

  In short (no pun intended), Mike Tyson’s glory days ended in 1996 and I doubt we will ever see another 5’10” heavyweight champion…
  
  

• The Tyson Effect and the Fall of the Pure Boxer – October 9th, 2011

  Can we analyze the heavyweight division in a way that might better educate us on how the division has changed, and why it has declined…
  
  

• Lights Out for James Toney – November 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman II – November 24th, 2011

  We often appreciate fighters more after they're gone than when they were active. Such is the case with Lennox Lewis. He was derided as being methodical and robotic, as dull as dishwater, especially when compared to the roller-coaster reign of Mike Tyson. But when Lennox had to step it up, he stepped it up, and there's no better example than his Nov. 7, 2001 rematch with Hasim Rahman at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Lennox the Lion relinquished his crown to The Rock seven months earlier and was determined to avenge that defeat. And, man, did he ever...
  
  

• Rock Solid: Magnificent Marciano – November 27th, 2011

  Now to the big question: How good a heavyweight puncher was Rocky Marciano? The simple answer is that he was one of the true elite...
  
  

• Boxing In and Out of the Ring – December 22nd, 2011

  The documentary Boxing In and Out of the Ring examines some of shadier aspects of our beloved sport—namely the games promoters play with fight managers and sanctioning bodies to get their fighters the rankings and big money fights they desire. Using interviews, fight footage, and hidden FBI surveillance cameras, the picture painted isn't a pretty one, but it's something that has been going on long before most of us were even born...
  
  

• Rahman vs. Povetkin vs. Huck – December 25th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mother Knows Best – January 11th, 2012

  
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part I: Hasim Rahman – January 18th, 2012

  Their storylines can include a David and Goliath, reluctant heroes, tales of redemption, good/evil and old school/new school dichotomies…
  
  

• Wladimir Klitschko: The Highest Mountain – March 2nd, 2012

  “I haven't forgotten those experiences in the year 2004," said Klitschko, "when I dropped to the bottom of the sport...”
  
  

• Povetkin Wants Wladimir Klitschko – March 3rd, 2012

  With ruble signs in his eyes, Hryunov would like to see Povetkin fight Klitschko in Moscow. Failing that, he wouldn’t mind seeing the fight in Kiev...
  
  

• First Round KOs – March 21st, 2012

  Here's a look at some of the most significant early KOs ever to grace the sometimes graceless heavyweight division…
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part IV: Marco Antonio Barrera – April 12th, 2012

  Marco Antonio Barrera had come a long way in pursuit of a young dragon to slay…