Joe Frazier

Boxer Chris Arreola is back in line for title

2013-04-24 20:41:00

Chris Arreola is a boxer who would wear his emotions on his sleeve. That is, if there were any room. The massive arms that the Riverside boxer hopes will carry him back into the heavyweight title picture are covered with tattoos. The muscles ripple...

Ronda Rousey returns windfall for UFC

2013-02-26 09:19:00

This post has been corrected. See below for details. Ronda Rousey’s dramatic first victory by a woman in the Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon was a financial bonanza for the fight organization. In addition to a sellout crowd of 15,525 at...

Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao appear destined for fifth fight

2012-12-09 06:35:00

LAS VEGAS -- As Manny Pacquiao was transported to a hospital and Juan Manuel Marquez’s nose was swollen to the size of half a cantaloupe, boxing’s power players projected a fifth meeting between the pair during the post-fight news conference...

Angelo Dundee, trainer for Muhammad Ali, dies at 90

2012-02-01 20:28:00

Joe Frazier dies at 67; heavyweight champ had epic bouts with Muhammad Ali

2011-11-08 00:00:00

Joe Frazier, the heavyweight boxing champion who in 1971 became the first fighter to defeat Muhammad Ali, then lost two epic rematches including a ferocious battle known as the "Thrilla in Manila," died Monday night. He was 67. Smokin' Joe, as he was...

George Foreman pays touching tribute to Joe Frazier

2011-11-08 16:33:37

Pacquiao-Mayweather: 'Myriad points' of negotiation before fight

2011-11-09 21:33:50

Boxing needs a brilliant Manny Pacquiao now

2011-11-09 21:33:51

Hearing required to clear Antonio Margarito to fight

2011-11-10 21:33:37

Piers Morgan takes on Manny Pacquiao; would Howard Stern?

2011-11-13 04:36:18

The Island Packet (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) By David Lauderdale column

2013-05-18 17:44:02

Candice Glover's win on "American Idol" Thursday brings to mind the day Marian Anderson came to Beaufort. It was Feb. 5, 1957, and stars were being imported to this small town to show Lowcountry African American children that they, too, could grow up to...

Former Brookland-Cayce football coach, teacher Abby Bray dies

2013-05-18 10:34:02

Former Brookland-Cayce High School football coach Abby Bray has died after a short battle with cancer, but to those who knew him, his legacy won't soon be forgotten. Bray, a history teacher at Brookland-Cayce and a school alumnus, was remembered...

The undisputed World Heavyweight Champion died of liver cancer in 2011. He was 67.

2012-09-05 08:37:09

Dundee tapes Ali's hands before a title bout with Joe Frazier in 1971. Dundee also trained Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman, Carmen Basilio and Willie Pastrano.

2012-02-01 20:33:25

in 1971. Frazier then lost two epic rematches including a ferocious battle known as the "Thrilla in Manila." He died at 67.

2011-12-05 14:07:30