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John Raspanti
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Chief Lead Boxing Writer, Max Boxing
California, San Francisco
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Biography
John J. Raspanti was born in Covina, CA in 1958. Raspanti labored at a job he hated for over 30 years, but when time allowed, he wrote. He began writing for www.doghouseboxing (thanks to Anthony Cocks) and a few years later, www.maxboxing.com, assuming the role of lead writer and editor. In 2016, Raspanti, co-authored (along with Dennis Taylor) Intimate Warfare:The True Story of The Arturo Gatti And Micky Ward Boxing Trilogy a amazon.com bestseller. The book received rave reviews. Blood On My Notebook:Dispatches From The World of Professional Boxing is a collection of Raspanti's most popular work, including ringside reports, features, history and insight.
Boxing , Personal Features , Classic Movies
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By John Raspanti Verified| Max Boxing Verified Almost 49 years ago, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali fought a guy from Philadelphia. It wasn’t Joe Frazier. Ali and Frazier had concluded their brutal trilogy the year before. Ali was 34 and looking it. His opponent was 28 and hungry. Ali was hardly hungry, weighing more than he ever had in his career. His training for the fight, if you call it that, appeared to have been at an ice cream parlor.
By John Raspanti Verified| Max Boxing Verified 5. Doug Jones March 13, 1963In a little over a year and a half, Cassius Clay, soon to be known as Muhammad Ali, had won all 17 of his professional fights, scoring 14 knockouts. Clay, who had won gold at the 1960 Olympic Games, was young, bold, and filled with poetic bravado. Clay liked to predict when his fights would end. He had been successful in seven of his last eight fights.
By John Raspanti Verified| Max Boxing Verified Maxboxing mourns the passing of George Foreman, one of the biggest punchers, and after an improbable comeback, two-time heavyweight champion. Foreman captured Olympic gold at the 1968 Olympic Games. He turned professional in 1970 and stormed the heavyweight division, eventually stunning Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight title three years later. He quit the ring in 1977. Foreman’s comeback in 1987 was unexpected.
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Max Boxing