It remains one of the more unlikely episodes in all of boxing history. A convicted criminal locked inside a maximum security penitentiary not only competed in sanctioned, professional boxing
The nickname of all-time great Mexican pugilist Ricardo Lopez is “El Finito,” which translates to “The Fine One.” Sometimes a nickname does not aptly reflect the particular demeanor or
Pone Kingpetch, Thailand’s first world champion, had won the flyweight crown from Pascual Pérez, an impressive achievement considering the Argentinian is without a doubt one of the finest flyweights
Yesterday marked the ninth anniversary of the unexpected loss of a singular figure in the long history of professional prizefighting, the one-and-only Aaron “The Hawk” Pryor. Our own Robert
It went down on this day back in 2021, Fury vs Wilder, Part III, the big heavyweight clash we didn’t know we needed. After all, while their first meeting
In boxing, the spectacle of a once-great champion left broken and humbled by Father Time is both profoundly disturbing and, sadly, all too common. With precious few exceptions, the
On October 7, 1995, top heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Tommy Morrison clashed at the Atlantic City Convention Center for Morrison’s IBC belt, though the title was a minor formality
HBO’s 2008 film Thrilla In Manila is a sports documentary with an agenda; not necessarily a bad thing, but when a bias obscures and twists the truth, as happens here,
Tony Canzoneri vs Jimmy McLarnin. Two of the very best from one of boxing’s greatest decades, the 1930’s, the Depression years, that glorious time of Kid Chocolate, Barney Ross,
