Boxing History Stories

Ten Years Since Floyd Mayweather’s “Final Fight” Against Berto 09/12/2025
Donald Curry at 64: Remembering the Lone Star Cobra’s Rise and Struggles 09/07/2025
Lennox Lewis At 60: How To Rank Lewis Amongst The All-Time Greats 09/02/2025
30 Years Ago Today: A Nation Sheds A Tear As Hero Bruno Finally Makes Good On His Heavyweight Dream 09/02/2025
R.I.P Joe Bugner, The Underrated Heavyweight Passes Away At 75 09/01/2025
On This Day: A Date That Saw One Heavyweight Legend Pass Away, And Another Born – Marciano And Shavers 08/31/2025
The Time The Great Thomas Hearns Was Serious About Fighting Mike Tyson! (And Emanuel Steward Talked Him Out Of It) 08/30/2025
Big Celebration Planned For Manila On The 50th Anniversary Of Ali-Frazier III 08/28/2025
James Toney at 57: Why “Lights Out” Still Stands Tall Among Boxing’s Greats 08/24/2025
60 Years Ago: The Great Joe Frazier Goes Pro 08/16/2025
On This Day: Evander Holyfield Made History As The Only Four-Time Heavyweight Champ; But John Ruiz Called The Decision “Robbery Without A Gun” 08/12/2025
The Great Ring Career, And The Sad, Curious Death Of Featherweight Champ Chalky Wright 08/12/2025
How Great Was Riddick Bowe? When “Big Daddy” Put Himself Amongst The Heavyweight Kings 08/10/2025
On This Day: The Great Sugar Ray Robinson Has His Last fight As A Welterweight; And He Only Takes Home One Dollar 08/09/2025
30 Years Ago: When A “Beast” Was Primed And Ready To Tear Into “The Marvelous One” – Hagler-Mugabi 08/06/2025
Teddy Atlas Lists The 10 Greatest Power Punchers In Boxing History 08/05/2025
Farewell To Kenny Vice, A 135 Pound Warrior Who Fought ‘Em All 08/05/2025
James Toney On Why Roy Jones Ranks Above Floyd Mayweather 07/29/2025
Boxing Great Dwight Muhammad Qawi Passes Away At Age 72 07/28/2025
Lennox Lewis Lays It Out On Why There Was No Rematch With Vitali: “Always Supposed To Be My Last Fight!” 07/24/2025
On This Day: When The Great Roberto Duran’s Incredible Career Finally Came To An End 07/14/2025
On This Day: “Miracle Matt” Scores His Greatest, Most Breathtaking Win – Saad Muhammad Vs. Lopez II 07/13/2025
Happy Birthday “El Gran Campeon,” Julio Cesar Chavez And His Five Greatest Wins 07/12/2025
On This Day In 1990: Aaron Davis And Mark Breland Gave Us A New York Turf War! 07/08/2025
The Great Jack Dempsey – The King Of July 4th Fights! 07/04/2025
Tyson vs. Spinks: Adam Smith’s Expert Take—“He’d Have Beaten Any Heavyweight Ever, Maybe Apart from Ali” 06/27/2025
20 Years Ago Today: “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s Wholly One-Sided Shoot-Out With Arturo Gatti 06/25/2025
25 Years Ago Today: When Mike Tyson Caused Chaos In The UK – Tyson Vs. Savarese 06/24/2025
On This Day: The Fight Of The Year In ’69 – Joe Frazier’s Slugfest With Jerry Quarry 06/23/2025
On This Day: The Lennox Lewis – Vitali Klitschko TKO 6 Fight (And Two Forgotten Fight Ideas That Were Being Discussed At The Time) 06/21/2025
On This Day: The Great Felix Trinidad Wins His First World Title With Crushing KO Of Maurice Blocker 06/19/2025
Roy Jones On How He’d Have Fought Gerald McClellan In The Pros 06/18/2025
Happy Birthday To Roberto Duran…The Greatest Living Fighter? 06/16/2025
When Two All-Time Greats Collided And The Winner Executed An Electrifying “Hit” – Thomas Hearns Vs. Roberto Duran 06/15/2025
Teddy Atlas Lists His Top 5 Greatest Fight Comebacks 06/13/2025
Erik Morales: “Fighters Are Crazy”—Why Pacquiao’s Comeback Is Inevitable 06/12/2025
Bizarre Fight Between Ike Ibeabuchi And Danny Williams Looming? 06/11/2025
When It Comes To Greg Haugen, The Hatred Still Runs Deep For Vinny Paz 06/09/2025
40 Years Ago Today: When Barry McGuigan Defeated Eusebio Pedroza And Became A Genuine Hero 06/08/2025
R.I.P James Cook – The Former British And European Champ Dies After Cancer Battle 06/07/2025