Life stories of the champions and contenders who shaped boxing.
From a disputed Olympic bronze to the first undisputed cruiserweight crown and four heavyweight championships, the life and career of Evander Holyfiel...
How a seventh-grade dropout from Easton, Pennsylvania, learned his trade in Ali's camp, won the heavyweight title from Ken Norton in 1978 and held it...
From Norfolk to Olympic gold in 1984, undisputed lightweight rule and titles in four divisions, Pernell 'Sweet Pea' Whitaker became one of boxing's gr...
Roberto Durán rose from the streets of Panama City to dominate the lightweight division, beat Sugar Ray Leonard in Montreal and win world titles in fo...
The life of Floyd Patterson, the Brooklyn truant who won Olympic gold in Helsinki, became the youngest heavyweight champion of his era and the first t...
The life of Sugar Ray Leonard, from a Maryland recreation center and 1976 Olympic gold to wins over Benítez, Durán, Hearns and Hagler, a detached reti...
A late starter after Army service, Rocky Marciano beat Joe Louis, took the heavyweight title from Jersey Joe Walcott and retired unbeaten at 49-0 in 1...
From a beach fight in Galveston to the title in Sydney, the Reno riots, a racially charged conviction, exile and a 2018 pardon, the life of Jack Johns...
The life of Marvin Hagler, the Brockton southpaw who waited years for a title shot, ruled the middleweights from 1980 to 1987 and left boxing after a...
The life of Julio César Chávez, from his railway-family childhood in Ciudad Obregón and Culiacán to an unbeaten run of 90 fights, titles at three weig...
From a borrowed amateur card in Harlem to five middleweight titles and a six-fight rivalry with Jake LaMotta, the life and career of Sugar Ray Robinso...
From an Alabama sharecropping family and a Detroit gym to 25 heavyweight title defenses, wartime service and a tax debt that followed him to the end,...
