LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The death of Muhammad Ali was a sharp reminder of a glittering era of heavyweight boxing that contrasts starkly with the anemic state of the sport’s marquee division today.Ali, who died of septic shock on Friday at the age of 74 after decades of battling Parkinson’s disease, was the cornerstone of a heavyweight triumvirate that also included Joe Frazier and George Foreman, whose flair and ferocity kept boxing at the forefront of the cultural conversation.They were themselves the heirs of Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, Rocky Marciano and Sonny Liston.And amid the the social turmoil of …read more
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