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Muhammad Ali: The Life and Fights of the Greatest
From a stolen bicycle in Louisville to Rome, Liston, exile, Kinshasa and Manila: the documented life of Muhammad Ali, three-time heavyweight champion.
11 min read · 21 Sept 2026
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Mike Tyson: The Rise, the Fall and the Long Second Act
From Brownsville and Cus D’Amato’s gym in Catskill to the youngest heavyweight title in history, Tokyo, Holyfield and a second act that outlasted the first.
11 min read · 21 Sept 2026
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Bruce Lee and Jeet Kune Do: The History of the Intercepting Fist
How Bruce Lee went from Ip Man’s Wing Chun classes in Hong Kong to naming Jeet Kune Do in 1967, and what became of his method after his death in 1973.
10 min read · 21 Sept 2026
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The History of MMA: From Pankration and Vale Tudo to the UFC
How mixed martial arts grew from ancient pankration and Brazilian vale tudo through Japanese shoot wrestling to the UFC, the Unified Rules and a global sport.
8 min read · 20 Sept 2026