The ultimate prize in all of sports: the heavyweight championship. Professional boxing’s highly coveted mark of greatness is so grand a conquest that, today at least, winning even a portion … read more
To BE the man ..you gotta BEAT the man! The sport of boxing is unfortunately plagued by the relentless alphabet soup of doom. Limited integrity exists but there’s something we … read more
The modern-day approaches. The 2000s saw the heavyweight division take a fall in popularity that it [debatably] still has yet to recover from. It may be a reflex to blame … read more
A question as old as the sport itself: what would happen if the best of the best fought one another? The question, however, takes on a whole new meaning as … read more
It is upon us. The dawning of the modern heavyweight division is bursting onto the scene. It’s the final decade of the “Black & White Age,” which goes back to … read more
From 1947 to 1954, heavyweight history received a timeless series of sagas to behold. I’ve seen much coverage (my own none-withstanding) of the Five Kings rivalries (Leonard, Hearns, Hagler, Durán, … read more
It is an era jam-packed to the brim with talent, hard work, blood, sweat, tears, and GUTS! Everyone who was everyone fought in the 1970s heavyweight division and anyone who … read more
Riddick Bowe, the 1988 silver medalist turned pro who won one of the greatest heavyweight title bouts ever to become undisputed champion in 1992. Lennox Lewis, the 1988 gold medalist … read more