The bout is now popularly called the 'Rumble in the Jungle'. Mohammed Ali, the self-styled “Greatest” who won this contest, used the victory as a springboard to rise in ratings and become a global ...

Six months after losing the heavyweight championship to Muhammad Ali, George Foreman was angry, adrift and lost. To regain ...

Saul Alvarez is in Saudi Arabia in the final stages of preparation for his fight against William Scull. Mexican boxer Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez usually gives his opinions without a filter and during his ...

Muhammad Ali was stunned as a fighter with a record of 6-0-1 outboxed him to secure a comprehensive victory. At the peak of ...

Female boxing has a long history around the world. Women have been in the ring for decades showing off their skills, strength ...

So Cooper who had carried the fight to Clay so bravely ... They all stood smiling, watching Joe Frazier dance at his own funeral. Extracted from The Very Best of Red Smith (Library of America) Was it ...

Five years later, he humbled Joe Frazier to win the pro heavyweight title ... Home turf for the 20-year-old Foreman's second pro fight. Askew was a year younger, with only a few pro fights ...

From larger-than-life heavyweights like Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis to national heroes such as Julio Cesar Chavez and Roberto ...

After 24 professional fights and wins, 20-year-old Tyson would be paired up with the son of former heavyweight champion Joe ...

1969 — Joe Frazier knocked out Dave Zyglewicz in 96 ... Wladimir Klitschko stops Chris Byrd in the seventh round of a one-sided fight to gain the IBF heavyweight title. 2007 — The Boston ...