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...
Name: Eddie Machen Born: July 18, 1932 Died: August 8, 1972 at the age of 40 Career: 1955 to 1967 Record: 64 fights, 50 wins (29...
Perhaps it is… well, it was an era in itself. The 80s, sandwiched between the Golden (70s) and Silver (90s) Ages of boxing, faced the impossible...
David Tua gave us some truly special moments in his career: his absolute hammer-and-tongs war with Ike Ibeabuchi, his controversial stoppage win over Hasim Rahman, the...
A few years ago I wrote about referee Sid Nathan’s decision in the Pat Cowdell v Dave Needham British Featherweight title fight in 1979. Although the...
Ten years ago, a truly epic, yet often underrated fight took place. When we think of great fights in the lower weight class, we think of...
Not every fighter can become a world champion, but Chicago’s Vinson Durham certainly knows all about stepping into the ring with world champions. And testing them...
40 years ago, two newfangled champions met in a airy heavyweight unification fight that fans had been clamoring for. Michael Spinks, the current WBC champion, took...
Often in boxing, a brilliant, star-studded, distinguished, almost unearthly (you get the idea) amateur career in no way means that the fighter is guaranteed a brilliant...
Heavyweight who fought Tyson, Holmes, Golota, Mercer and many others Let’s celebrate the career of a great heavyweight who was/is called a journeyman. Today in 1957,...
The great Bob Dylan, though not a huge boxing fan, was nevertheless moved to put down his mighty pen in tribute to two boxing greats. You...
Older fight fans will remember the hard-to-pronounce name. Dave Zyglewicz, also known as “Ziggy,” was a gruff, tough, and incredibly brave heavyweight who fought fiercely to...
