Boxing history articles
It was gonna be a car crash, and each and every fight fan knew as much going in. Still, nobody wanted to miss the Mike Tyson-Andrew Golota fight. The fight … Read more
Without knowing it, Sly Stallone predicted the ending to a very real-world title fight with the “over the top” ending he penned for and then directed in his film “Rocky … Read more
The legendary “Hitman,” Thomas Hearns today celebrates his 62nd birthday. One of the finest welterweights, light-middleweights, super-middleweights, and light-heavyweights in boxing history, the feared and famed Detroit superstar enjoyed a … Read more
Ten years ago today, fight fans very possibly witnessed the most savage and prolonged beating in any world heavyweight title fight that did not end in a knockout. It was … Read more
Sadly, and for a number of different reasons – be it squandered talent, premature death, drugs, a loss of all ring earnings, career-ending injury – the great sport of boxing … Read more
The name Ike Ibeabuchi still resonates with fight fans. To this day, we all wonder how much this skilled, strong, powerful and tough heavyweight might have gone on to achieve … Read more
Of all the lower weight super-fights that never happened, a clash between featherweight greats Azuma Nelson and Barry McGuigan comes close to topping the “what if?” lists. The two were … Read more
12 years ago today, a heavyweight comeback that most doubted would never actually happen did happen in Berlin, Germany. WBC heavyweight ‘champion emeritus’ Vitali Klitschko, who had retired in 2005 … Read more