Jack Johnson Was Galveston's Defiant Son and Boxing's First Black Heavyweight Champion
From a beach fight in Galveston to the title in Sydney, the Reno riots, a racially charged conviction, exile and a 2018 pardon, the life of Jack Johns...
From a beach fight in Galveston to the title in Sydney, the Reno riots, a racially charged conviction, exile and a 2018 pardon, the life of Jack Johns...
In September 1927 Jack Dempsey floored Gene Tunney before a record crowd at Chicago's Soldier Field, but his failure to reach a neutral corner delayed...
The life of Marvin Hagler, the Brockton southpaw who waited years for a title shot, ruled the middleweights from 1980 to 1987 and left boxing after a...
On 8 March 1971 at Madison Square Garden, unbeaten champions Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali met after Ali's exile over the draft. A 15th-round left hook...
The life of Julio César Chávez, from his railway-family childhood in Ciudad Obregón and Culiacán to an unbeaten run of 90 fights, titles at three weig...
Seven months after Evander Holyfield upset Mike Tyson, their 1997 rematch in Las Vegas ended in round three when Tyson bit both of Holyfield's ears. T...
Five months after beating Sugar Ray Leonard in Montreal, Roberto Durán quit in the eighth round of their 1980 rematch in New Orleans. What he actually...
From a borrowed amateur card in Harlem to five middleweight titles and a six-fight rivalry with Jake LaMotta, the life and career of Sugar Ray Robinso...
On 15 April 1985 at Caesars Palace, Marvin Hagler survived a broken-open forehead and Thomas Hearns' right hand to win 'The War' in three rounds. The...
On 1 October 1975 in Quezon City, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought fourteen brutal rounds in tropical heat before Eddie Futch stopped the fight fro...
From an Alabama sharecropping family and a Detroit gym to 25 heavyweight title defenses, wartime service and a tax debt that followed him to the end,...