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Mar/21

11

Facing Jimbo

11 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Scoop

A bunch of tennis players discuss what it was like to play Jimmy Connors… The American tennis icon was ATP world no. 1 for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 weeks. He is the first male player to be No. 1 for more than 200 weeks. […] Continue to read full article...

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Jan/21

29

Connors vs Navratilova Battle of Sexes 1992

5 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Scoop

A forgotten tennis classic duel which nobody ever talks about today was the 1992 Flex-All Battle of the Champions clash between Martina Navratilova and Jimmy Connors at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. On a court constructed outdoors at the famous casino which hosted many famous championship boxing matches like Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney […] Continue to read full article...

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Aug/18

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Former Boxing Champ Vaden Has Deep Respect and Admiration for Tennis

5 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Scoop
By Scoop Malinowski Tennis observers speculate about the similarities of boxing and tennis but rarely do we get to hear the perspective of tennis from a former boxing champion. It's hard to find an accomplished boxer who has followed and played tennis for a lifetime but tennis-prose.com got the scoop (pun intended). Long time friend since we first did a Biofile interview back in 1995 for Boxing Flash newsletter, Paul "The Ultimate" Vaden was once the IBF Light Middleweight champion in 1995 after defeating Vincent Pettway by a TKO in the final 12th round ... Continue to read full article...

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