Legendary fights, eras and turning points of the sport, told from the record.
In Colma in October 1909, middleweight king Stanley Ketchel knocked down heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in the 12th round and was knocked out withi...
A 38-year-old Muhammad Ali, slimmed down with the help of a thyroid drug and licensed despite worrying Mayo Clinic findings, took ten one-sided rounds...
In twelve months between 1934 and 1935, Barney Ross and Jimmy McLarnin traded the welterweight championship three times in New York. Ross won two narr...
Andrew Golota was outfighting Riddick Bowe at Madison Square Garden in July 1996 when repeated low blows got him disqualified and set off a riot in th...
On 11 February 1990 Buster Douglas, grieving his mother and a 42-1 outsider, survived a disputed eighth-round knockdown and stopped the unbeaten Mike...
In July 1951 Randolph Turpin outpointed Sugar Ray Robinson at Earls Court to become world middleweight champion, only for Robinson to stop him in the...
On 23 May 1922 at Madison Square Garden, Harry Greb took Gene Tunney's American light-heavyweight title in a fifteen-round fight that left Tunney with...
On 12 November 1982 Aaron Pryor stopped Alexis Argüello in the 14th round in Miami, ending the Nicaraguan's bid for a fourth world title. A bottle his...
Between their two famous title fights, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met at Madison Square Garden in January 1974. A televised studio scuffle, a refere...
Billy Conn outboxed Joe Louis for twelve rounds at the Polo Grounds and led on two official cards, then chose to trade and was knocked out at 2:58 of...
In September 1993 Pernell Whitaker outboxed an unbeaten Julio César Chávez before a huge San Antonio crowd, yet two judges scored it level. The story...
Eight months after beating Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas weighed in at 246 pounds for his first defense and was knocked out by Evander Holyfield in the t...
