Legendary fights, eras and turning points of the sport, told from the record.
Between 1948 and 1951 Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler fought four times for the featherweight title in New York. Saddler won three, but Pep's 1949 rematc...
Nino Benvenuti and Emile Griffith fought three fifteen-round title fights in New York in under a year, from the 1967 Fight of the Year at Madison Squa...
On 24 March 1962 Emile Griffith stopped Benny 'Kid' Paret in the 12th round at Madison Square Garden; Paret died ten days later, putting referee Ruby...
Leon Spinks took the heavyweight title from Muhammad Ali in only his eighth pro fight, lost the WBC belt a month later, and surrendered the WBA crown...
Unbeaten at 48-0, Larry Holmes lost his heavyweight title to light heavyweight king Michael Spinks on three close cards at the Riviera in Las Vegas, t...
In July 1980 at the Great Gorge Playboy Club in McAfee, New Jersey, Yaqui López battered Matthew Saad Muhammad in the eighth round, only for the WBC c...
In his twelfth pro fight, 23-year-old Evander Holyfield outlasted Dwight Muhammad Qawi over 15 brutal rounds at the Omni to win the WBA cruiserweight...
Thomas Hearns won the first two rounds and left Iran Barkley cut over both eyes, but two right hands in the third round at the Las Vegas Hilton took t...
Nine years after 'No Más', Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán met for the last time beside the newly opened Mirage. Leonard outboxed the 38-year-old...
Eight years after their first fight, Thomas Hearns dropped Sugar Ray Leonard in the third and eleventh rounds at Caesars Palace, only for the judges t...
A 37-year-old Roberto Durán, a 3-to-1 underdog, dropped Iran Barkley in the 11th round and took a split decision for the WBC middleweight title, his f...
On 2 August 1980 in Detroit, unbeaten Thomas Hearns ended Pipino Cuevas's four-year WBA welterweight reign, dropping the Mexican champion with a right...
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