Life stories of the champions and contenders who shaped boxing.
From the cane country of Camagüey to the welterweight title and Friday-night television, Kid Gavilán fought Sugar Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilio, los...
José Torres learned to box in the U.S. Army, won 1956 Olympic silver, became the first Latin American world light heavyweight champion under Cus D'Ama...
The life of Ken Buchanan, the Edinburgh carpenter who won the world lightweight title in San Juan in 1970, was voted the BWAA's Fighter of the Year an...
From Yum Dong-kyun in San Juan to Lupe Pintor in New Orleans, Wilfredo Gómez defended the WBC super bantamweight title 17 times and stopped every chal...
The life and career of Terence 'Bud' Crawford, from his first world title in Glasgow to undisputed reigns at 140, 147 and 168 pounds and a 42-0 retire...
The Ukrainian southpaw went 396-1 as an amateur, won Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, took a world title in his third pro fight and retired in 2025 as a...
From a boxing family in Zama, Kanagawa, Naoya Inoue won world titles in four weight classes and became undisputed champion at bantamweight and super b...
The life of Tyson Fury, the Irish Traveller from Manchester who dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, gave up his titles during a mental health crisis...
Anthony Joshua took up boxing at 18, won Olympic gold in London and beat Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley before the Ruiz upset, two Usyk defeats and a f...
The life and career of Oleksandr Usyk, from a Crimean football academy and Olympic gold in London to the undisputed cruiserweight title, two wins each...
Disqualified and denied his silver medal at the 1952 Olympics, Gothenburg's Ingemar Johansson rebuilt his name, won the European title and knocked out...
José Nápoles left Cuba after professional boxing was banned there and made Mexico City his home. From there he won the world welterweight title twice...
