It’s truly a shame that no one has stepped up to make a movie about Battling Sika’s simply amazing exploits in and out of the ring....
David Tua truly was a force of nature, a powerful force of nature. Also blessed, as we later found out in the Samoan’s career, with a...
Although he did not officially announce that he was done as a fighter for another seven months, Rocky Marciano fought his last fight on this day...
Former WBC airy heavyweight champion JB Williams has certainly had an engaging career in the ring, full of ups and downs. The Indiana native sparred with...
To some, Michal Dokes looked destined for greatness. Possessing one of the fastest pairs of hands the heavyweight division had seen in years, “Dynamite” Dokes was...
How terrible was Sonny Liston – the peak version? This is a complex question, on more than one level. First of all, no one knows when...
Arguably the greatest living heavyweight fighter, former two-time heavyweight king George Foreman is already in the International Boxing Hall of Fame – and rightfully so. This...
In depressed news, it was reported that Italian ring fighter, former European champion and former two-time world title challenger Luigi Minchillo passed away this week at...
“Sugar” Shane Mosley was quite a brilliant boxer, the former multi-weight champion had a brilliant boxing mind, speed and reflexes to die for, and Mosley had...
The recent death of the great boxing commentator and generally good boxer “Colonel” Bob Sheridan has taken away one more of the last links in the...
Former welterweight champion Carlos Palomino, who had many great fighters in his illustrious career, and the Mexican fighter defeated many good men. WBC and Ring Magazine...
James Toney really could have been a really great heavyweight. In fact, for a low time he was. Toney, who was obviously a middleweight when he...
If ever a boxing rivalry was sorely crying out for another installment, an installment that would hopefully conclude once and for all by deciding who was...
What do the following warriors have in common, apart from their varying degrees of greatness: Henry Armstrong Juan Manuel Marquez Rafael Marquez Pipino Cuevas James “Bonecrusher”...
Former British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight champion Derek Williams has had quite a career – and not all of it on the world stage. Famously sparring...
Former heavyweight king Mike Tyson had some sensational things to say about his ring career, his former promoter Don King and counterfeit fights – these are...
To borrow or paraphrase a line from the one and only John L. Sullivan in the title of this article (John L., not coincidentally, was born...
The great Thomas Hearns never wanted to leave the ring, and the task of hanging them proved to be a formidable challenge for “The Killer”. In...
