Life stories of the champions and contenders who shaped boxing.
The life of Ken Norton, the Jacksonville, Illinois athlete who learned to box in the Marines, broke Muhammad Ali's jaw, was named WBC heavyweight cham...
Born in Benoit, Mississippi and raised in St. Louis, Archie Moore won the light-heavyweight title near 40, challenged Marciano and Patterson, rose fro...
From Columbus, Mississippi and the streets of St. Louis to three simultaneous world championships in 1938, a disputed draw at middleweight and a secon...
From a New York reformatory to the world middleweight title, Jake LaMotta's career included the first loss of Sugar Ray Robinson's career, a fixed 194...
Born in Tennessee and raised in Detroit, Thomas Hearns became a feared puncher under Emanuel Steward at the Kronk Gym, stopped Pipino Cuevas in 1980 a...
Born in a Soviet garrison town in Kyrgyzstan, Vitali Klitschko won world titles in kickboxing, gave Lennox Lewis the fight of his life in 2003 and ret...
The life of Lennox Lewis, the London-born, Canadian-raised Olympic champion who avenged both of his defeats, beat Holyfield and Tyson, and retired in...
Jack Dempsey rode freight trains between Colorado mining camps before taking the heavyweight title from Jess Willard in 1919 and drawing boxing's firs...
George Foreman went from a Houston street kid to Olympic gold, crushed Joe Frazier, found religion, and returned after a decade to become the oldest h...
Oscar De La Hoya kept a promise to his late mother with 1992 Olympic gold, then won world titles in six weight classes against Chávez, Whitaker, Trini...
Wladimir Klitschko came back from three knockout losses to build, with Emanuel Steward, one of the longest heavyweight title reigns in history. This i...
Paroled in 1988 after nearly five years in prison, Bernard Hopkins lost his pro debut, then made a record 20 middleweight title defenses and won light...
