During his astonishing career of blood, guts and thunder, the one and only Arturo Gatti fought two superstars in Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather...
Who were the top 10 pound-for-pound boxers of the 1910s? Welcome to Part 3 of the 13th newest boxing poll series, which will survey volunteers to...
Sugar Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilio, the kings of the ring, ended the match in a 1-1 draw; their two wild men, waging too much war,...
It’s not the 50th anniversary of the memorable fight, but it is almost 49 years. It was on this day in March 1974 that George Foreman...
March 28, 1998 – Atlantic City Convention Center. Lennox Lewis (32-1) and current WBC heavyweight champion and Shannon Briggs (30-1) and current lineal heavyweight champion. Lewis...
Ken Norton ranks high in the pantheon of heavyweight champions; the former Marine earned his spurs with epic fights, both victorious and defeated, against superstars and...
The boxing world was still reeling from the momentary shock of a adolescent, raw, and brutally powerful George Foreman in January of that year; “Substantial George”...
It’s melancholy news that former lightweight world champion Ken Buchanan has died at the age of 77. The Scottish hero had been battling dementia and is...
Many fight fans have a pliable spot for James Smith, better known, of course, as “Bonecrusher.” Smith, one of the most powerful gigantic men in recent...
It was 36 years ago today in Las Vegas: Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvelous Marvin Hagler. A super fight. Fans all over the world have followed...
EDDIE Thomas, from Merthyr, excelled at every level of the game for some 40 years and will still be remembered by veterans of the game as...
In the 1980s, Doug DeWitt was one of the toughest, most tough middleweights in the game. The hardened Yonkers fighter wasn’t exactly challenging to hit, but...
Larry Holmes didn’t like Trevor Berbick, not one bit. Not before his 15-round title defense against Berbick in 1981, not during the fight, and certainly not...
34 years ago today, boxing, and indeed the world, lost its greatest. Sugar Ray Robinson, the greatest boxer of all time – a man born Walker...
One day, they might write a book about Michael Nunn and his rise and fall. The former middleweight and super middleweight kingpin is celebrating his 60th...
The 80s certainly gave fight fans and boxing (MMA wasn’t quite there yet) some really great action. Indeed, while older boxing fans will point to the...
On this day in 1991, when Evander Holyfield and George Foreman met in Atlantic City, there was a fight that truly fit in with all the...
It’s strange sometimes how a certain date can cause such great unrest in boxing. For example, April 22. It was on this day, in different years,...