Although Bob Foster is undoubtedly considered one of the greatest airy heavyweight champions of all time, he was not a household name during his prime. His...
Not only are there seemingly countless boxing movies, but some of them are truly great, groundbreaking works – “Rocky,” “Raging Bull,” “Body and Soul,” “The Fighter,”...
Born on September 14, 1886, to Polish immigrants in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Stanley Ketchel was apparently born tough. In this day and age, youthful men and...
JOEY SINGLETON was the first man to win the Lonsdale belt at welterweight. Now known as super lightweight, the division was brimming with talent in the...
To mark the 50th anniversary of The Rumble in the Jungle, the original broadcast of the legendary heavyweight fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, tickets...
It’s time to pay tribute Tony Wynnethe godfather of Welsh amateur boxing for eight decades who has finally decided to scale back his commitments. Petite in...
They say a man never dies until he is forgotten. Well, Willie Pep lives on. More than a decade and a half after his body was...
Talk about fate. A nasty, unpleasant and cruel twist of fate. You can also talk and even be fascinated by what could have happened if everything...
Riddick Bowe, the 1988 silver medalist turned pro, who won one of the greatest heavyweight title fights in history to become the undisputed champion in 1992....
Has there ever been a more mysterious, fascinating, utterly misunderstood, and ultimately doomed heavyweight champion than Charles Sonny Liston? NO. Not even close. As has been...
It was behind schedule July 1956, and world delicate heavyweight champion Archie Moore had arrived in Toronto after three weeks of tough training at Gravenhurst in...
In April 2006, at The Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, friends-turned-rivals Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Zab Judah met the undefeated “Pretty Boy” (as Floyd...
BOXING is a sport steeped in history and distinction that has captivated audiences for over a century. Each era has produced greats who push the boundaries...
Muhammad Ali had fought a lot of guys two or even three times, but he never wanted anything more to do with Jimmy Juvenile after a...
After an incredible 113 professional fights over 25 years, Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez still wasn’t done. Not quite. On this day in 2005, a 43-year-old...
Terence “Bud” Crawford is now a household name, a good name for anyone with even a passing interest in boxing. That wasn’t the case six years...
After already traveling a long journey—from prison to the delicate heavyweight title, from obscurity to fame, from crime to the life of a devout Muslim—Dwight Muhammad...
Born on October 30, 1974 (the date of the legendary “Rumble In The Jungle”), Angel Manfredy was born to fight. And fight challenging, which Manfredy often...
