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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY ALEX BYWATER: Ralph Knibbs defied the experiences of childhood racism to become a rugby star, dine with Muhammad Ali and inspire a generation of black players. Knibbs famously rejected the chance to fulfil his dream of playing for England twice. That in itself makes the Bristol hero unique. But it also tells barely half the story of the former centre's inspirational and defiant journey.

JEFF POWELL MBE: The 1980s, when Four Kings got on with fighting each other - and the best of the rest - rather than protecting their records by beating up no-hopers. The decade in which Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler revived the glory of the hardest game from the anti-climactic depression which followed Muhammad Ali 's heavyweight epoch by engaging in nine epic battles between them to decide who was the greatest of their era.

JEFF POWELL MBE: The 1980s when Four Kings got on with fighting each other in the ring - and the best of the rest - rather than protecting their records by beating up no-hopers. The decade in which Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler revived the glory of the hardest game from the anti-climactic depression which followed Muhammad Ali 's heavyweight epoch by engaging in nine epic battles between them to decide who was the greatest of their era.

JEFF POWELL: The 1980s when Four Kings pf the heavyweight division got on with fighting each other - and the best of the rest - rather than protecting their records by beating up no-hopers. The decade in which Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler revived the glory of the hardest game from the anti-climactic depression which followed Muhammad Ali 's heavyweight epoch by engaging in nine epic battles between them to decide who was the greatest of their era.

On London's King's Road, Tom finds a timewarp Japanese joint with great staff but grim dishes

Tyson Fury has delivered his assessment on Daniel Dubois ' performance after the underdog knocked two-time champion Anthony Joshua out in a memorable clash at Wembley. Dubois entered the fight looking to hold on to the IBF heavyweight belt but knowing that a fired-up AJ was aiming to join an elite group of boxers, including Muhammad Ali , who have been three-time world champions. Played out in front of a record 96,000-strong crowd under the famous arch, the bout delivered on the promise of being a 'firefight' with neither fighter paying much attention to defending or point-winning, instead winding themselves up for a knockout blow. And it was Dubois who produced a coming-of-age performance to dominate the two-time champion for four-and-a half-rounds before a dramatic exchange of punches in the fifth saw the underdog land the decisive strike.

Eddie Hearn has admitted that Anthony Joshua had a 'disastrous' start to his knockout defeat at the hands of Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium. The 34-year-old entered the fight hoping to join an elite group of boxers, including Muhammad Ali , who have been three-time world champions. Played out in front of a record 96,000-strong crowd under the famous arch, the bout delivered on the promise of being a 'firefight' with neither boxer paying much attention to defending or point-winning, instead winding themselves up for a knockout blow. And it was Dubois who produced a coming-of-age performance to dominate the two-time champion for four-and-a half-rounds before a dramatic exchange of punches in the fifth saw the underdog land the decisive strike.

JEFF POWELL: Smashing his fist into a table with the primal force he intends on applying to the face of Daniel Dubois in front of a record ­Wembley Stadium crowd on Saturday, Joshua explodes verbally when asked about threatening his ­fellow Englishman with a chair during a television face-off. There are echoes of Joshua's own youth on the mean streets of Watford , from which he thanks boxing for saving him, when he moves on to the studio bust-up with Dubois.

Ricky Hatton believes Anthony Joshua has undergone a significant transformation since his back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk and expects an all-out 'war' between AJ and Daniel Dubois this weekend. Joshua and Dynamite Dubois will go toe-to-toe at Wembley stadium this weekend in front of a record-breaking 96,000 fans as part of the first Riyadh Season card to be held in the UK. A win over Daniel Dubois on Saturday night will place AJ in the elite company of three-time heavyweight world champions, joining the likes of Lennox Lewis and Muhammad Ali. A victory could also position Joshua for a shot at the undisputed heavyweight crown, setting up a potential blockbuster clash against the winner of the highly anticipated Usyk vs Tyson Fury rematch in December.

In central Pennsylvania, Parkinson's rates are soaring. Experts suspect exposure to farming chemicals and factory fumes have led the area to become one of a handful of regions in America's Parkinson's belt - where rates of the debilitating disease are nearly 50 percent higher than national averages. Dr Tim Greenamyre, the director of the Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative diseases, had been studying one of these chemicals, a pesticide known as Rotenone, in the lab for years - when he began noticing his left arm wasn't swinging when he walked and he couldn't smell.

Taraji P. Henson and Lori Harvey stole the spotlight at the star-studded Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist premiere on Wednesday. The Hidden Figures actress, 53, and the Instagram model, 27,  looked incredible in their plunging ensembles as they graced the red carpet for Peacock's limited series.  The show, which is based on the podcast of the same name, revisits an armed robbery that happened the same night as Muhammad Ali's highly anticipated comeback fight against Jerry Quarry. in October 1970.

Gunter 'Garshon' Morgenstein, 88, hid under floorboards to escape the Nazis during the Second World War before fleeing to America with his brother. He settled in a small town in Virginia , where he was a regular shopper for Boar's Head liverwurst - perhaps because it reminded him of food in his native Germany. But in July this year, and days after eating one of their sausages, he started to have trouble breathing - and was rushed to the hospital.

Jake Paul has revealed the reason for a major rule change in his upcoming fight with Mike Tyson. At the pre-fight press conference in New York, Paul and Tyson engaged in a heated exchange, with the 27-year-old YouTuber disclosing that the former world heavyweight champion requested a significant modification. The conflict followed another intense conference, during which Paul compared himself to Muhammad Ali and was later shoved by Tyson.

Jake Paul compared himself to Muhammad Ali and issued death threats to Mike Tyson during another farcical press conference that culminated in a clownish shoving match in New York. 'We will see who's dead, Mike,' the YouTuber-turned-fighter told Tyson ahead of their rescheduled fight in Texas on November 15. The clash, which will be shown on Netflix as the streaming service continues its move into live sports, was pushed back from July 20 after Tyson suffered an ulcer flare up.

Biaggio Ali Walsh, the grandson of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, recorded the first knockout victory of his professional MMA career on Friday evening. The 25-year-old beat Brian Stapleton in just 55 seconds after landing a brutal right-handed punch inside the opening round. This was the first fight on the main card of the 2024 PFL Playoffs 2. Ali Walsh had delivered five stoppage victories under the PFL banner while fighting as an amateur.

JEFF POWELL: As the last British boxer standing scraped into a quarter-final the young man who would have been favourite to illuminate the City of Light by winning the most golden prize in the Olympic ring was at lunch in London's West End. That Moses Itauma should be slicing into an expensively juicy steak instead of carving through super-heavyweights in Paris proved to be deeply poignant. Ask this teenage knock-out phenomenon why he declined his anointed place in Team GB and he fidgets with his fork while seeking a sensitive explanation. Finally he says: 'My priority had to be making my mother, shall we say, comfortable.' More comfortable now than he is talking about the privations of his upbringing. Poverty has been the breeding ground for many a boxing champion but the extent during Itauma's boyhood on the Kent coast comes as a stark revelation.

50 Cent shocked as he brought $3.5million of his money in cash to a photoshoot - before opening up about his feud with 'liar' Sean 'Diddy' Combs in a new interview with THR . The In Da Club hitmaker, 49, who has regularly trolled Diddy, 54, since multiple sexual assault lawsuits were launched against him, said he was inspired by Muhammad Ali 's iconic 1964 Sports Illustrated cover when he withdrew stacks of cash for the THR cover.

LEWIS STEELE IN PHILADELPHIA: We are sitting in the tallest skyscraper in Philadelphia, overlooking the famous steps once sprinted up by Sylvester Stallone in Rocky. We can also see a statue of 'Smokin' Joe Frazier, one of the city's favourite sons who downed the greatest sportsman of all time, Muhammad Ali. It feels like a perfect setting, then, to be talking to Liverpool forward Diogo Jota about knockout blows, getting back up off the canvas and the mental fortitude required to perform in an elite sport that so often punches you in the face. The blows Jota has taken are merely a metaphor for a repetitive tendency to suffer injuries. Likewise, his recoveries have hardly been the Fight of the Century like Frazier's at Madison Square Gardens - but no matter how many times Jota falls, he always comes back swinging.

JEFF POWELL: It was a fight for nothing. No titles. No belts. No prospect of a world championship challenge for the victor. Yet it was a fight for everything. For honour. For valour. For pride. For manhood. For the endurance of pain beyond belief. For its own glory. For the ages as well as for the aged.

The 26-year-old is one of Australia's better medal hopes after taking bronze at the Tokyo Olympics and winning Commonwealth Games gold - and he's leaving nothing to chance when he fights in France.

Bradley Cooper is channeling one of the greats as he starts his day. The Academy Award nominee, 49, sported a bright yellow Muhammad Ali bomber jacket on Friday morning as he stepped out in New York City. Referencing Ali's run as undisputed heavyweight champion, the boxer's name was stitched on the front with '1974,' and it also read 'People's Champ' on the back.

Amazon Fire Sticks are bigger and better following the updates implemented on Tubi and Pluto TV. The Amazon product now has 22 additional channels and an extra 50,000 movies and television shows. Tubi announced their app update in a news release on April 24, while Pluto TV announced their channel additions yesterday. If Amazon Fire Stick users want to explore these new channels, they must download Tubi and Pluto TV from the app store.

Nestled in the upmarket Hancock Park gated neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, the mansion boasts seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms as well as a host of luxury features.

Nestled in the upmarket Hancock Park gated neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, the mansion boasts seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms as well as a host of luxury features. The stunning pad, which was previously listed for $13.5 million, sits on a 1.5-acre lot and covers 10,500-square-feet, with a 1,000-square-feet guesthouse next to it. The famous boxer owned the home from 1979 to 1984 with neighbors at the time including Golden Age celebs Mae West, Clark Gable and Nat King Cole.