Legendary fights, eras and turning points of the sport, told from the record.
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...
On 6 December 1985 at the Las Vegas Hilton, unbeaten Donald Curry knocked out unbeaten WBC champion Milton McCrory in the second round, becoming the f...
Unbeaten, ranked among the best fighters in the world and a heavy favourite, Donald Curry retired on his stool after six rounds against Lloyd Honeygha...
James Toney and Mike McCallum fought a split draw in 1991 and a contested majority decision in 1992 for the IBF middleweight title, then met again at...
In Benalmádena in November 1990, Herol Graham outboxed Julian Jackson for three rounds and had his eye swelling shut, until one fourth-round right han...
On 25 February 1995 Nigel Benn survived being knocked out of the ring to stop Gerald McClellan in the tenth round at the London Arena. McClellan then...
Michael Watson was ahead on every card when Chris Eubank's eleventh-round uppercut turned their 1991 rematch. The missing ringside care that followed,...
