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Tony Danza’s Legit Boxing History

Tony Danza

Tony Danza

It’s easy to forget all these years later, but Taxi/Who’s The Boss? star Tony Danza used to be a legit boxing badass.

Sarah looked back at his pugilistic history for Fightland.

You can read her story by going here.

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Mike Tyson Raps On Madonna Record

Mike Tyson and Tupac

Mike Tyson and Tupac

Mike Tyson, the uncomfortably punchdrunk former baddest man on the planet, will apparently be rapping on Madonna’s next album.

Semi-related, Tyson also thinks Benito Mussolini is kinda inspiring.

To read the whole story head over to Fightland by clicking here.

 

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Miles Davis’ Boxing Connection

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Miles Davis

Imagine a world where Kanye West decided to stop everything he did and cut a tribute album to Jon Jones.

It seems far-fetched, but its equivalency kinda happened in 1971 when jazz superstar Miles Davis recorded the album A Tribute To Jack Johnson in honour of the heavyweight boxing champ.

It wasn’t Davis’ only boxing connection and Sarah wrote about them for Fightland.

To read them all, go here.

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32 Short Stories About Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal

After Sarah’s recent encounters with some passionate, though charmingly misguided Steven Seagal devotees, she tasked herself with getting to the heart of the true Steven Seagal.

This proved very difficult.

Instead, what resulted was 32 separate stories about Steven Seagal, which she wrote about for Fightland.

To read about this complex man, click here.

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Martial Arts’ Worst Pretenders

Elvis and Ali

Elvis and Ali

While the world of modern mixed martial arts regularly showcases the toughest of the tough in one-on-one competition, slink around the edges of the sport and you’ll find some folks who aren’t quite as legit. In fact, some of them may be outright frauds.

Sarah collected the stories of these not-quite heroes for a feature in Fightland.

To read the story go here.

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