It is eerily prophetic that when former boxer John Fury’s tiny son came into the world on Aug. 12, 1988, in Manchester, England, three months prematurely...
They are, by consensus, the two greatest fighters in the 39-year history of the largely ignored cruiserweight division. Evander Holyfield, who already held the IBF and...
Boxing can be a dark business even though there seems to be denial at every turn. Its moral underbelly has come into question on more than...
The late Ralph Kiner, who could hit the long ball but wasn’t particularly adept at anything else on a baseball field, led the National League in...
Many aficionados and/or historians have been looking for that one flawless fight that translates to The Perfect 10. Some think Hagler-Hearns was it, but that was...
THREE PUNCH COMBO — Like many boxing fans, I was saddened by the news last week that HBO will no longer be televising live boxing beginning...
Whoever first coined the phrase “All good things must come to an end” might have been talking about the 1,500-year run of the Roman Empire
To set the tone for this article, one needs only to watch the way in which Thomas Hearns came out in the first round against Marvelous...
Four of the most iconic fighters in boxing history had to do it and they did. Joe Louis' career hinged on it, Sugar Ray Robinson
In this month’s survey, we asked our regular cast of noted boxing buffs to identify the fighters -- active or retired, living or dead -- who...