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Keidel: Three Cheers For The Champ, Muhammad Ali

When a member of the 20th Century’s Mt. Rushmore enters a new decade in a transcendent life, it warrants a trot down memory lane.

WFAN–2012/01/18

Mike Tyson gives his induction speech during the 2011 International Boxing Hall of Fame Inductions at the International Boxing Hall of Fame on June 12, 2011 in Canastota, New York. (credit: Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

Keidel: Mike Tyson – From Fame to Shame to Hall of Fame

Canestota is a small town in New York, nestled between Syracuse and Utica. You would not know of this town if you didn’t follow boxing. And perhaps you wouldn’t know of boxing if not for Mike Tyson.

WFAN–2011/06/13

40 years ago... Joe Frazier knocks Muhammed Ali to the mat. (AP Photo)

Paige One: A Look Back At Ali-Frazier I – 40 Years Ago

40 years! I’m sure some of you will differ on sporting events that in your mind were bigger, but nothing has ever or will ever come close to that magical night of March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden.

WFAN–2011/03/08

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Keidel: No Money In Mayweather

For those under 30, it’s nearly impossible for you to believe that boxing was once a divine sport, the apparent paradox of artistic barbarism. But it was.

WFAN–2010/09/13

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