The life of Lennox Lewis, the London-born, Canadian-raised Olympic champion who avenged both of his defeats, beat Holyfield and Tyson, and retired in...
On 4 July 1910 in Reno, Jack Johnson beat the unretired James J. Jeffries in fifteen rounds. The result set off race riots across the United States an...
Jack Dempsey rode freight trains between Colorado mining camps before taking the heavyweight title from Jess Willard in 1919 and drawing boxing's firs...
Trailing on all three cards against unbeaten Michael Moorer, 45-year-old George Foreman landed a short right hand in the tenth round at the MGM Grand...
George Foreman went from a Houston street kid to Olympic gold, crushed Joe Frazier, found religion, and returned after a decade to become the oldest h...
On 30 October 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaire, Muhammad Ali absorbed George Foreman's power on the ropes and knocked him out in the eighth round to regain the...
On 7 September 1892 at the Olympic Club in New Orleans, James J. Corbett outboxed John L. Sullivan and knocked him out in the 21st round to win the he...
In Philadelphia on September 23, 1952, Jersey Joe Walcott dropped Rocky Marciano in the first round and led on all three cards after twelve. Early in...
Oscar De La Hoya kept a promise to his late mother with 1992 Olympic gold, then won world titles in six weight classes against Chávez, Whitaker, Trini...
Wladimir Klitschko came back from three knockout losses to build, with Emanuel Steward, one of the longest heavyweight title reigns in history. This i...
Paroled in 1988 after nearly five years in prison, Bernard Hopkins lost his pro debut, then made a record 20 middleweight title defenses and won light...
Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward fought three times in thirteen months, producing the famous ninth round at Mohegan Sun, a rematch fought through a rupture...
