World in Sport

In every sport there emerges one person who stands out so prominently that he is referred to as "The Idol." Such as a man was Jack Dempsey in boxing. While in there tossing punches, he was the one of the

A product of the Army and amateur ranks, Rocky Marciano was born on September 1, 1923. He takes his place alongside Dempsey and Louis as one of the great heavyweights. Marciano was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts, to parents who were

Born in Marshall, Texas on January 22 in 1948 to a railroad construction worker and his wife, George Foreman (76-5, 68 KO's) was the fifth of seven children and grew up in the Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas. Foreman had six

Mike Tyson was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1966. He became would of most formidable fighter of his era, blowing away his opponents at will, blasting his way to the top of the heavyweight rankings. Some might say, in his

The era of the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis was one of the greatest and most colourful boxers to grace the sport. Only Jack Dempsey since the gloves era got underway compared to him in popularity and ability. This Alabama born boxer who

Joe Frazier was born in Laurel Bay, South Carolina, on January 12, 1944. “Smoking Joe” Frazier never set out to set the boxing world alight. He began going to the gym to get himself into shape. However, one thing led to