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Elvis ‘Unbelievable’ memories from 1956 concert: ‘I shared stage with very confident King’

Posted: June 1, 2022 at 10:16 am   /   Music

ELVIS PRESLEY shot to fame in 1956. One lucky man who “accidentally” ended up close and personal with him on stage in those very early days, exclusively told Express.co.uk his amazing memories of an unforgettable night in front of 14,000 screaming girls. Photographer Lew Allen described what was so special about the music icon’s character […]

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Sport-On this day: Born May 17, 1956: Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer

Posted: May 31, 2020 at 10:22 am   /   Sports

Boxers are often remembered for epic one-off fights or career-defining rivalries but few faced as many truly brilliant rivals as Sugar Ray Leonard or beat them with enough regularity to be considered peerless in a time of greats. Leonard, who turns 64 on Sunday, won six world titles in five weight divisions but his career […]

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On this day: Born May 17, 1956: Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer

Posted: May 28, 2020 at 10:23 pm   /   Sports

Leonard, who turns 64 on Sunday, won six world titles in five weight divisions but his career was as much about who he fought and how he fought them as what he won. As the 1970s ended, the iconic heavyweight era of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and Joe Frazier was over and Leonard was moving […]

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