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July 17, 2025

boxing

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Fighting yourself fit: My 6-week fitness challenge

November 3, 2021 Shawn Krest

RALEIGH — I threw a punch and made solid contact with my opponent’s midsection. I felt the jolt up my arm to my shoulder. My technique was clean. It was a hard punch. Dread descended […]

Article

Military strikes: Fayetteville’s Naomi Graham boxes way to Olympics

July 14, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Not all athletes are role models, and as Charles Barkley famously pointed out in a controversial 1993 Nike commercial, not all want to be. Naomi Graham is one who does. A staff sergeant in the […]

Article

100 in 100: Duplin County’s James Smith, boxing’s Bonecrusher

April 29, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

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Trump pardons late black boxing champion Jack Johnson

May 24, 2018 Cory Lavalette

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion who was jailed a century ago after having a relationship with a white woman. “I believe Jack Johnson is […]

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Potential Trump pardon of boxing champ has NC ties

April 25, 2018 Shawn Krest

Last weekend, President Donald Trump announced he was considering granting a pardon to Jack Johnson. The first African-American heavyweight champion in boxing history, Johnson was also an outspoken critic of racism, which often brought him […]

Sports

Mayweather stops McGregor with 10th-round TKO

August 27, 2017 admin

By Steve Keating Reuters LAS VEGAS — A ruthless Floyd Mayweather scored a 10th-round technical knockout over mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor on Saturday, cementing his legacy as an all-time boxing great with his 50th win […]

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