In many ways, as he always proudly points out, George Foreman is an American success story. Born impoverished and seemingly hopeless, the newborn Foreman, who was...
It’s perhaps somewhat ironic that while the entire boxing world is talking about THAT KO that Tank Davis scored over Ryan Garcia – whether Garcia quit...
How time flies. Ten years ago, rising heavyweight Deontay Wilder had his only fight in the UK (so far, but could Wilder one day return to...
In a depressed bit of news that has somewhat fallen on deaf ears, former IBF cruiserweight champion “King” Arthur Williams passed away this past weekend. The...
Who was in the top ten boxing pound-for-pounds in the 1920s? Welcome to Part 4 of the 13th newest boxing poll series, which will survey volunteers...
They say boxing is a strange mix of brutality, beauty and – for those who can do it at the highest level – perfection. And so...
It’s engaging, you may or may not agree, how a certain month of the year can create greatness. Lots of greatness. Take our sport of boxing,...
When it comes to the newly crowned world champion who looked out at the world as if he was doomed to a long reign, the name...
To put it one way, as one fight writer did, “the best available information we have is that Charles “Sonny” Liston was born on May 8,...
Throughout his Hall of Fame career, Carl Froch has only met one man he couldn’t beat, and that man was Hall of Fame inductee Andre Ward....
How great and unique was heavyweight contender Ron Lyle? How gigantic? I would go so far as to say that ex-con turned all-around good guy Lyle...
Talk about a highly hyped fighter who was completely and ruthlessly exposed. On this day in 1977, 26-year-old “Great White Hope” Duane Bobick, trained by the...
One of the sport’s truly good guys, former two-time WBA welterweight champion Mark Breland, turns 60 today. One of the greatest American amateur boxers in history...
During the linear era, John Henry Lewis was one of the world’s greatest lithe heavyweight champions, dominating the division in the mid-1930s in much the same...
How would you title the Dream Fight – perhaps the biggest, most fascinating, most controversial Dream Fight imaginable – between the two Sugars, Robinson and Leonard?...
For many fight fans, the dream fight that is simple to dream about is a fight between Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez and the 50-0 fighter...
40 years ago today, the amazing ring fighter Bobby Chacon, a fighter of the highest caliber of blood and courage, a man who apparently never took...
Promoter Eddie Hearn says he doesn’t see Vasiliy Lomachenko winning multiple rounds against undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney this Saturday night in their headliner on ESPN...
