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The Champion’s Incredible Surrender: Vitali Klitschko vs. Chris Byrd

It has been 25 years since that night on April 1, 2000, at the Estrel Convention Center in Neukölln, when the towering Ukrainian, Vitali Klitschko, lost his unbeaten record and…

John Tate vs. Mike Weaver: Hercules’ Desperate Punch

According to a popular urban legend, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly based on the laws of physics, but since it doesn’t know them, it flies anyway. A similar…

Talent and Determination: Remembering a Champion Named Giovanni Parisi

Introverted, reserved, often gruff, distrustful, excessively proud, and rebellious. But also incredibly talented, generous, fragile, and, above all, genuine—a complex personality that very few managed to truly understand beyond the…

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…

Pacquiao vs Morales 1: The Last Hurrah of El Terrible

Those who follow boxing with a critical eye know that the value of a fight is not determined by the title at stake but by the fighters who step into…

Luigi Minchillo: The Unstoppable “Ring Warrior”

“Never a step back” is a motto that some boxers could easily have stamped on their ID cards under “distinguishing marks.” These are the fighters with boundless heart, who build…

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.…

Interview with Maurizio Stecca, the Golden Boy of the Olympic Rings

Throughout the long history of the Olympic Games, the Italian boxing team has enjoyed many successes. Numerous athletes have won medals, earned admiration, and drawn applause; however, few have shone…