In the summer of 1952, Sugar Ray Robinson, the best fighter in the world, reigning as welterweight and middleweight champion, had more. Robinson, betraying both his...
When you look back at the early fights of George Foreman’s improbable, much-ridiculed (at the time, not since) comeback, it’s simple to see why so many...
BACK in 2016 rated the greatest featherweights and placed Sandy Saddler at number one. Saddler’s great rival, Willie Pep, came in second on the list. I’ve...
This was Marvelous Marvin Hagler at his best. Hagler’s victory on April 15, 1985 will forever be remembered as one of the greatest and most action-packed...
Often there is a relatively compact but action-packed middleweight title fight, a fight that, while not the grueling, epic, 11-, 12-, 13-, 14- or 15-round thrill...
Author: Bobby delaCruz: The event took place on June 23, 2001, in Las Vegas. When his name was called for the first time on American soil,...
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of addressing the Royal Navy and Marines Ex-Boxers Association at their annual meeting. The Royal Navy Championships were...
America was still in mourning and shock. The events of September 11 had stunned, disgusted, and outraged the civilized world, and nothing was the same. There...
On this day in 1992, Riddick Bowe, at the peak of his career, aged 25, defeated Evander Holyfield in a truly magnificent heavyweight fight. At the...
George Foreman has lived many lives. In his younger days he was a street hooligan, then he joined Job Corp and changed his life. Later still...
IF last moments Deontay Wilder his career took place in the ring in Riyadh, where he tripped, spun and was hit on the head by Zhilei...
Thirty-five years ago, almost a decade since he was last seen in a boxing ring, 38-year-old former heavyweight champion George Foreman – known by his nickname...
Gerry Cooney seemed to have it all and seemed well on his way to the top of the heavyweight division. Lofty, athletic, hungry for success and...
Sonny Liston’s career continued after his disastrous and highly controversial rematch with Muhammad Ali in May 1965. Fans around the world know all about that fight:...
On this day in 1982, a huge upset took place at Detroit’s Cobo Hall. The great Roberto Duran, still in the hard, time-consuming process of reclaiming...
30 years ago, on Halloween night in 1992, Lennox Lewis scored a truly impressive, spine-chilling knockout victory. Facing the fearsome Donovan “Razor” Ruddock in a fight...
AFTER the death of Benny Lynch, the world flyweight champion, in June 1938, Britain was still in an excellent position to field a sufficient number of...
Imagine if Donovan Ruddock, better known of course as “Razor,” were fighting today. Ruddock – born December 21, 1963 in St. Catherine, Jamaica – seriously lit...
