Tag Archives: Muhammad Ali

Chance The Rapper Honours Ali

Chance The Rapper

Chance The Rapper

Chance The Rapper paid tribute to Muhammad Ali at the recent ESPYs, performing a song dedicated to the late heavyweight champion.

Sarah wrote about this special moment for Fightland.

To read the full story go here.

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Training Lessons From Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

The late Muhammad Ali didn’t become a world heavyweight boxing champion by accident.

He also trained in a smart, sophisticated way like a champion.

Sarah wrote about some of his training techniques and philosophies for Asian World Of Martial Arts.

To read what those were, click here.

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Muhammad Ali’s Fight Against An Unjust War

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

In the wake of Muhammad Ali’s death there were a lot of right-leaning political and media figures bad-mouthing the former boxing champ for his political views.

In a learning piece for Fightland Sarah helped explain why Ali did the right thing when he refused to fight in the Vietnam War — and risked his career over it.

To read the full story go here.

 

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When Muhammad Ali Met Malcolm X

Malcolm X meets Muhammad Ali

Malcolm X meets Muhammad Ali

In Sarah’s latest Fightland investigation into the intersection of fighting and culture she wrote about the short period where Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X were associates.

Their relationship, in modern terms, was “complicated.”

To read the story head over to Fightland by going here.

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