The fights between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney in 1926 and 1927 were among the greatest sports spectacles ever contested in America. Lew Freedman examines these...
Some selections are just too easy. Terence “Bud” Crawford was a virtual lock to be named the TSS Fighter of the Month after he upset Canelo...
Jack Dempsey’s First Title Defense was a Labor Day Rumpus Throughout history – although not so much anymore – boxing promoters have been keen to hitch...
Stephen “Breadman” Edwards’ first fighter won a world title. That may be some sort of record. It’s true. Edwards had never trained a fighter, amateur or...
“He was a great teacher,” said Billy Conn. “[Fighting Zivic] was like going to college for five years, just boxing him ten rounds…” Fritzie Zivic never...
Oleksandr Usyk flipped the heavyweight division onto its head this past Saturday night in the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, travelling a long way from home to seal...
This was the seventh meeting of the rival lightweights. In all previous ones McFadden held his own, making a brave stand against the colored wonder. Since...
It would be technically incorrect to state that it all began for Marvelous Marvin Hagler during his frequent working visits to Philadelphia in the mid- to...
For the middleweights, world-conquering monsters arrived early. Of the three divisions I’ve studied so far, middleweight is by far the most dangerous territory. The top 12...
Little did I know, not everyone was taught how to jab at three years old or put in boxing rings to spar other kids. Welcome to...