Legendary fights, eras and turning points of the sport, told from the record.
After more than five years of failed negotiations, Floyd Mayweather Jr. outpointed Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand on 2 May 2015 in the richest fight...
How London's 1909 limits and New York's 1920 Walker Law created boxing's original eight divisions, how junior and super classes filled the gaps, and h...
John Graham Chambers' code of the 1860s, issued under the Marquess of Queensberry's name, replaced the London Prize Ring Rules with gloves, timed roun...
After a press conference brawl got Mike Tyson refused a licence in Nevada, the fight moved to The Pyramid in Memphis, where Lennox Lewis jabbed his wa...
On 20 June 1980 at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, Roberto Durán drew Sugar Ray Leonard into a fifteen-round brawl and took his WBC welterweight title on...
On 4 July 1910 in Reno, Jack Johnson beat the unretired James J. Jeffries in fifteen rounds. The result set off race riots across the United States an...
Trailing on all three cards against unbeaten Michael Moorer, 45-year-old George Foreman landed a short right hand in the tenth round at the MGM Grand...
On 30 October 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaire, Muhammad Ali absorbed George Foreman's power on the ropes and knocked him out in the eighth round to regain the...
On 7 September 1892 at the Olympic Club in New Orleans, James J. Corbett outboxed John L. Sullivan and knocked him out in the 21st round to win the he...
In Philadelphia on September 23, 1952, Jersey Joe Walcott dropped Rocky Marciano in the first round and led on all three cards after twelve. Early in...
Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward fought three times in thirteen months, producing the famous ninth round at Mohegan Sun, a rematch fought through a rupture...
A draw, a split decision and a majority decision left the Pacquiao-Márquez rivalry unresolved until 8 December 2012, when Juan Manuel Márquez knocked...
