Legendary fights, eras and turning points of the sport, told from the record.
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...
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...
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