Muhammad Ali, left, Liberace and Hulk Hogan pose for photos ahead of Wrestlemania I on March 29, 1985, at Madison Square Garden. @WWE is honored to induct ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali into the #WWEHOF.” Ali will be inducted by his widow, Lonnie Ali, in a ceremony April 5 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Japanese pro wrestler Antonio Inoki …
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TOKYO — A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. Inoki brought Japanese pro-wrestling to fame and pioneered mixed martial arts matches between top wrestlers and champions from other combat sports like judo, karate and boxing. He rose to …
The ‘exhibition bout’ taking place between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr on Sunday deserves a category all of its own: a blatant cash grab by two legends of the Sweet Science that has the potential to be a disaster of historic proportions. But the ‘exhibition bout’ taking place between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr on Sunday deserves a …
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