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From one superstar to another. Laila Ali’s father was none other than arguably the biggest sportsperson of all time in Muhammad Ali. Despite this, she carved out her own legendary boxing career. Ali won all 24 of her professional bouts from 1999 to 2007, the highlight of which was a four round KO win over multiple world champion Christy Martin. Since …

Floyd Mayweather made headlines recently when he went on a rant during an interview with FightHype during which he declared “racism still exists”. In an attempt to back up his statement boxing’s former pound for pound king endeavoured to highlight a number of examples within the world of combat sport in which “racial bias” could be seen. He talked about …

Conor McGregor has caught the attention of boxing’s former pound for pound king and all-time cash cow, Floyd Mayweather Jr., but “Money” May’s recent references to the Irishman are rather controversial. Mayweather has spoken on a number of occasions in the past about how he believes that racism is still prevalent within the sport of boxing. In an interview with …