Boxing History

Years after retiring from his boxing career, referring to his fight against Roy Jones Jr, Vinny Pazienza candidly admitted that while he fought with courage and determination that night, inside…

When your father strongly opposes your desire to become a boxer, to the point of threatening to kick you out of the house, and when your first teacher tells you…

Reserved and shy, firmly opposed to flaunting his successes, which were indeed numerous: Carmelo Bossi contributed greatly to Italian boxing without ever seeking fame and magazine covers in return. Perhaps…

The super lightweight category has given Italy’s boxing scene enormous satisfaction. In this weight class, some of our most talented boxers have competed, from the immortal Duilio Loi, to the…

On June 21, 2003, one of the most debated fights in recent boxing history took place: Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko faced off in a war of titans, the controversial…

If the Covid-19 pandemic hadn’t paralyzed the boxing world among other things, the tireless Oliver McCall probably wouldn’t have found any valid reasons to retire from professional boxing despite his…

How many times have we heard that such a boxer would win against another with one hand only? A well-known metaphor that implies a clear superiority and that naturally should…

On September 27, 1980, Marvin Hagler, known as “Marvelous,” became the world middleweight champion by defeating English holder Alan Minter in three rounds in front of the hostile crowd at…