Feb. 7 (UPI) --Leon Spinks, the heavyweight boxer who upset Muhammad Ali in 1978, has died, according to The Firm, a Las Vegas public relations firm. He was 67. Spinks, who was diagnosed with prostate ...

On Saturday, hometown boxer Regis Prograis will defend his WBA World Super Lightweight belt in the Smoothie King Center, a fight that his boxing promoter hopes will spark a return of big fights to New ...

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Muhammad Ali was on the shortlist to play Superman in the 1978 film, producer Ilya Salkind says. And Dustin Hoffman was in talks to play Lex Luthor. By Ryan Parker Float like a butterfly, sting like a ...

Spinks then ranked among the worlds heavyweight challengers made history on February 15 1978 when he beat Muhammad Ali in a 15round decision in Las Vegas Spinks won the world heavyweight title in only ...

“In Washington, D.C., during the 1970s, a black man could get into the newspapers in one of two ways: crime—or boxing.” Such begins the synopsis for boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard’s 2012 ...