Legendary fights, eras and turning points of the sport, told from the record.
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...
A heavy underdog in Miami Beach, 22-year-old Cassius Clay survived a near-blinding fifth round and took the heavyweight title when Sonny Liston failed...
In May 1965 Sonny Liston went down in the first round of his rematch with Muhammad Ali in a small Maine hockey rink, and a botched count turned the kn...
Ken Norton broke Muhammad Ali's jaw and beat him in San Diego in 1973, lost the rematch by one judge's vote, then lost a 1976 title fight at Yankee St...
Across three fights and nine knockdowns, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder went from a disputed draw in Los Angeles to a corner stoppage and an 11th-round...
