From a shoemaker's son in Junín to the man who sent Jack Dempsey through the ropes, Luis Ángel Firpo became Argentina's first great heavyweight and la...
At the Polo Grounds on 14 September 1923, Jack Dempsey was knocked out of the ring by Luis Ángel Firpo before stopping the Argentine in the second rou...
On 4 July 1919 Jack Dempsey floored Jess Willard seven times in the first round in Toledo and took the heavyweight title when Willard's corner quit af...
Jess Willard ended Jack Johnson's seven-year heavyweight reign with a 26th-round knockout at Oriental Park in April 1915. Johnson later claimed he thr...
Born Noah Brusso near Hanover, Ontario, Tommy Burns beat Marvin Hart in 1906, defended the heavyweight title in England, Ireland, France and Australia...
On 26 December 1908 at Rushcutters Bay, Jack Johnson outclassed Tommy Burns until police stopped the fight in the 14th round. Johnson became the first...
From a farm outside Cadillac, Michigan, Ad Wolgast fought his way to the lightweight title by outlasting Battling Nelson over 40 rounds in 1910. He ke...
How a Nevada mining camp bought a lightweight title fight with a purse in $20 gold pieces, how Joe Gans and Battling Nelson fought for 42 rounds until...
Copenhagen-born and Chicago-raised, Battling Nelson took Joe Gans 42 rounds in Goldfield, beat him twice in 1908 to become world lightweight champion,...
James J. Corbett went from a San Francisco bank and the Olympic Club to a 61-round epic with Peter Jackson, the heavyweight title and a long career on...
The son of Irish immigrants in Roxbury, John L. Sullivan became America's first boxing superstar, outlasting Jake Kilrain over 75 bare-knuckle rounds...
A Kansas cowboy who started boxing in his late twenties, Jess Willard survived a ring death and a criminal charge, won the heavyweight title from Jack...
