Boxing history articles
11 knockdowns. The defending heavyweight champion of the world knocked clean through the ropes. 80,000 screaming fans in attendance. The fight immortalized by a painting by George Bellows. It was … Read more
The fight was dubbed “Redemption,” yet Oscar De La Hoya did not get what he wanted. So much so, that De La Hoya filed an official protest after the fight. … Read more
55 wins, 49 of them by KO – 35 of them coming in three rounds or less! The above numbers belong to the man many fans, experts and boxing historians … Read more
Mexico Vs. Puerto Rico, a long and rich boxing rivalry, gave us an especially grudge-filled match on this day back in 1992. The great Julio Cesar Chavez, for many THE … Read more
They only fought once and when they did meet, Roy Jones Jr. walked away a commanding winner over James Toney in November of 1994. Yet the two modern (some would … Read more
Though it settled absolutely nothing regarding the crazy, passionate argument a good deal of fans has when mixing it over which is the tougher sport – boxing or MMA – … Read more
It was 60 long and full years ago today when a young boxer named Cassius Clay won an Olympic gold medal in Rome. Of course, absolutely nobody could have had … Read more
Has any other fighter you can quickly and easily think of ever had a greater combination of blazing hand-speed and tremendous fighting heart than Meldrick Taylor? Sugar Ray Robinson perhaps, … Read more