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...
When it comes to the much-discussed topic of fighters who have “fighted ’em all,” the name DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley comes immediately and quickly into the...
Who was in the top ten boxing pounds in the 1940s? Welcome to part 6 of 13 in the latest boxing survey series, which will survey...
Not a half-century, but as epic, truly unique and unforgettable as was/is/always will be, well, the epic fight between heavyweight giants Muhammad Ali and George Foreman,...
Now that we have (hopefully) put an end to all the stupid and irreverent talk about Tyson Fury as one of the greatest heavyweights of all...
Remember when Douglas handed Tyson his ego in a takeaway box? Or when Holyfield gave Tyson a dish that tastes best… bitten? Those were the days,...
It was this fight that convinced Sugar Ray Leonard and a host of others that Thomas Hearns had been “shot.” He finished. Completed by too many...
Even if a slightly crazed fan didn’t literally fall out of the sky, landing (almost) in the middle of the ring mid-fight, the rematch between Evander...
It’s truly a shame that the legendary middleweight Carlos Monzon was as much of a terror outside the ring as he was in it. Actually, he...
For some time, Joe Calzaghe was seriously thinking about trying to break Rocky Marciano’s outstanding, even legendary record of 49-0. Calzaghe was in his early thirties...
Nowadays it is much more complex to keep track of who is the world champion. With so many belts, so many weight classes, interim champions, champions...
What was billed as the biggest 105-pound fight in boxing history was actually a rematch. On this day 25 years ago, the great Mexican Ricardo Lopez...
