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by rank0 451 days ago
RIP. My favorite sports story. Heavyweight champ at 25/28 and 45.
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It's a great story, for sure, and I think I watched it live. The way he let his lead left jab linger to cover Moorer's eyes and then slipped in his hammer of a right to KHTFO was brilliant.

But I'm partial to Billy Mills 1964 10km gold medal in Tokyo. I love how the co-announcer loses his mind on the American broadcast of the race, because the two favorites were favored so heavily.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVlKVWFmfhk

It's my favorite sports call of all-time, too.

Billy Mills is a Native American who faced poverty on his reservation and cruel racism in college. A true American hero.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mills