Life stories of the champions and contenders who shaped boxing.
Manny Pacquiao went from street poverty in the Philippines to world titles in eight weight divisions, rivalries with Barrera, Morales and Márquez, the...
Born in the Urals and crowned amateur world champion in Sydney, Kostya Tszyu emigrated to Australia, knocked out Zab Judah to become undisputed junior...
Born into a fatherless boxing family in Leamington Spa, Randolph Turpin outpointed Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951 and lost the title back in New York 64 d...
The life of Gennady Golovkin, from Olympic silver in Athens and a 23-fight knockout streak to the Canelo trilogy, the end of his title reigns and his...
The life and career of Floyd Mayweather Jr., from a Michigan boxing family and a disputed 1996 Olympic semifinal to titles in five divisions, the Pacq...
The life of Smokin' Joe Frazier, from sharecropping in South Carolina and punching beef in Philadelphia to Olympic gold, the undisputed heavyweight ti...
The life of Muhammad Ali, from Olympic gold and the upset of Sonny Liston to his refusal of the draft, three years in exile, three heavyweight titles...
From Colwick amateur to four-time super-middleweight world champion, Carl Froch survived Jermain Taylor, lost the Super Six final to Andre Ward, upset...
From Kopeysk to world titles, Sergey Kovalev shut out Bernard Hopkins, lost to Andre Ward and Canelo Álvarez, and lived through a ring death and a cri...
The life and career of Andre Ward, the 2004 Olympic champion who won the Super Six, beat Carl Froch and Sergey Kovalev twice, and retired unbeaten at...
From an Aiken boxing club to the WBO welterweight title, two wars with Sergio Martínez and a 2012 motorcycle crash that left him paralyzed, Paul Willi...
Sergio Martínez only began boxing at 20, built his career from a base in Spain, and became lineal middleweight champion with wins over Kelly Pavlik, P...
