Sports
Hasim Rahman flattened Lennox Lewis with a stunning right hand near the end of the fifth round to capture the World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation heavyweight titles today in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
April 22, 2001
You sidle up to Hasim Rahman’s longtime manager, Steve Nelson, and hit him with your best shot.
Aug. 8, 2006
Boxing: He agrees with new champion Rahman on deal that could be worth $70 million.
May 12, 2001
Boxing: With guidance from his father, heavyweight champion has kept balance and stability in his life.
Nov. 15, 2001
New heavyweight champion Rahman leaves humble trappings of Baltimore behind for the high life.
April 29, 2001
Having entranced and enthralled the people of China, world traveler Don King came home Wednesday bearing gifts--a lucrative offer for Lennox Lewis and an olive branch for Mike Tyson.
May 24, 2001
Welcome to a make-or-break weekend in Vegas, where the computer geeks are clearing out for the boxing freaks and a building-sized Britney Spears watches over you, and a current, not former, heavyweight champion greets you at the hotel, and if someone offers you odds on the total sightings of Don King and/or any Maloof brother, bet the over.
Nov. 17, 2001
As the sleek stretch limo inches out of the NBC parking lot in Burbank, fans waving boxing gloves, magazines and scraps of papers, peer with hope into the tinted windows.
April 28, 2001
A U.S.
June 29, 2001
Lennox Lewis figured out the best way to shut Hasim Rahman’s mouth. He blasted him in it.
Nov. 18, 2001