CHICAGO—Americans will get their chance to see undefeated 7-foot, 325-pound Nikolai “Giant Russian” Valuev, who has vowed to “conquer America” when he makes the second defense...
Nicknamed King Kong because of his size and strength, former heavyweight boxer Ezekiel Dlamini, like his fictional namesake, led a dramatic life and tragic end… one...
As a baseball player, Dean Chance was a hard-throwing, right-handed starting pitcher with an unorthodox twisting windup. The Wooster, Ohio, native was drafted by the Los...
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Maybe we are spoiled?– Hasim Rahman on American heavyweight boxers In the days before the WBC heavyweight championship fight between champion Hasim Rahman and contender Oleg...
Although WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler is the most popular fighter in his native Denmark, he now he wants to become one of the most...
We’re all dirtbags of a sort, Texas event marketer Lester Bedford tells me in so many words. You’re a dirtbag. I’m a dirtbag. All the managers,...
If you put the four heavyweight champions from the former Soviet Union in four fights on the same card, you still might have to paper the...
You can’t compare guys like Sugar Ray Leonard to normal human beings. He probably has enough medals, trophies and championship belts to fill three wings in...
Maskaev and Klitschko talk unification at Madison Square Garden Fresh off his last minute stoppage of Hasim Rahman over the weekend at the Thomas & Mack...