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“The Real” Paul Banke: Ring Glory, AIDS Hell, and Redemption
On April 23, 1990—exactly 35 years ago—WBC super bantamweight world champion Daniel Zaragoza was knocked out by a 24-year-old kid with olive skin and vaguely Asian eyes. That kid, whose…
“Merciless” Ray Mercer: From a Blazing Olympic Run to a Final Strike in the Cage
On April 4, 1961, Ray Mercer was born—a man destined to become a feared and dangerous heavyweight, capable of carving out numerous successes and making life difficult for some of…
Former World Champion Livingstone Bramble Passes Away at 64
Former lightweight world champion Livingstone Bramble passed away yesterday at the age of 64. He was the first boxer from the state of Saint Kitts and Nevis to win a…
George Foreman Has Passed Away. The Boxing World Mourns Its Gentle Giant
A deep sadness has struck boxing fans worldwide in the past few hours. The news, shared by his family through an Instagram post, is spreading rapidly across newspapers and social…
Joe Bugner: From the Punches of Ali and Frazier to Those of Bud Spencer
For a heavyweight, reaching full maturity in the 1970s was the height of bad luck. Those years, still considered the golden age of the heavyweight division by experts, saw world-class…
Tony Galento, the “Fat Man” with Iron Fists
When Andy Ruiz Jr. steamrolled Anthony Joshua in June 2019, many wondered how a boxer with such a flabby physique could rise among the top contenders in the heavyweight division.…
Kid Gavilan: The Indestructible “Cuban Hawk”
The legendary Cuban boxing great Kid Gavilan passed away on February 13, 2003, at the age of 77, in poverty and solitude. So much so that, at his burial site…
83 Years Ago, the Birth of Muhammad Ali: The Rivalries of “The Greatest”
Had he not passed away eight and a half years ago, worn out by a long illness but surrounded by the love of his family, the incomparable Muhammad Ali would…
It’s Roy Jones’ Birthday: The Spark of the Pensacola Lightning!
On January 16, 1969, in the small city of Pensacola, Florida, one of the greatest boxers of all time was born: the legendary Roy Jones Jr., renowned for his prodigious…
The Indestructible Bennie Briscoe: A Legendary Iron Chin
Surviving the punches of Carlos Monzon and Marvin Hagler and making it to the final bell against both is an achievement reserved for the elite—or rather, for just one man.…