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New Jersey voted to legalize casino gambling in 1976. Atlantic City had become a depressing, tired old down, and the idea of putting casinos in it was to revitalize it, and create jobs as well. Two years later, the first casinos opened on the boardwalk, and quickly gained in popularity. It wasn’t long after that […]

After the close call with Axel Schulz, George was originally scheduled to fight a rematch with Michael Moorer in February of 1996 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The proposed fight never came off, and George was absent from the ring for a year and a half. He traveled to Tokyo, Japan on

After winning the title again in an historic achievement in November of 1994, George signed to make his first title defense on April 22, 1995 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas. I bought a $400 ticket to see it live, making it the first time I ever saw George fight in person. I

    After his announced retirement at age 44 after the loss to Tommy Morrison in June of 1993, George started production of his tv sitcom aptly named ‘George’, that summer. It did poorly in the ratings, and was cancelled after one season, but George continued on as an HBO announcer. While calling the Michael

After his easy win over Jimmy Ellis in December of 1991, ‘Big’ George returned to the ring on April 11, 1992 against Alex Stewart in Las Vegas. I went to a concert that night and had my sister tape the fight on HBO. When I watched it, I noticed how soft and unprepared George was,

After his destruction of Gerry Cooney in January of 1990, ‘Big’ George returned to the ring against shopworn Mike Jameson in April, easily knocked him out in four rounds. In June, George appeared on HBO for the first time as part of a doubleheader from Caesar’s Palace with Mike Tyson. Tyson was coming back after

 As I write this blog, it is with a heavy heart, simply because my all-time favorite fighter died a few days ago at age 76. When George was heavyweight champ in the early 70’s, I was not a huge boxing fan. Baseball, football and basketball were my favorites, with me watching an occasional fight on

 As I sat down with my brother to watch the opening round between Evander and Lennox on March 13, 1999, my mind was on other things. My 72 year old mother had just returned home after a life threatening battle with bacterial meningitis, and after three weeks, she returned that Saturday. I was so grateful

After his win over Michael Moorer in November of 1997 that unified the WBA and IBF belts, Evander stayed dormant until September of 1998. He traveled back home to Atlanta, Georgia to take on the unheralded Vaughn Bean. Holyfield looked mediocre in the unanimous decision victory, but the fight he had his eyes on was

After his win over Mike Tyson in June of 1997, Evander signed to fight a rematch with Michael Moorer on November 8, 1997 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. The match would unify two of the championship belts, with Evander holding the WBA title and Moorer the IBF. This match would bring