The popularity of boxing has waxed and waned over the decades, but the 1950s saw a new source of anxiety emerge for professional prizefighting: television. With boxing featured on
That first historic Ali vs Frazier confrontation in 1971, without question one of the biggest sports events of all-time, took a significant toll on both “Smokin’ Joe” and “The
“From my first fight I started to run away.” James John Corbett, often referred to as “Gentleman Jim,” never cared much for the brutish nature of the sport of
Following his surprise defeat to Muhammad Ali in one of the most historic fights in boxing history, George Foreman returned from Africa not just a former champion, but a
There can be no doubt that Muhammad Ali remains the most written-about boxer ever, but it wasn’t until 2017 that the public was offered the longest and most ambitious account
Throughout his career, Larry Holmes, who is now widely viewed as one of the finest heavyweight boxers of all-time, had been underestimated. When he started fighting his way up
A couple months back the boxing world marked the anniversary of the amazing night when “it happened,” when the “impossible dream” was fulfilled and a great fighter became a
Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of Muhammad Ali, the man who changed boxing forever and, as we must each year, we take time to celebrate his life
