Tyson-Douglas: 36 Years Later | The Greatest Upset in Boxing History
Thirty-six years ago today, on February 11, 1990, the impossible happened inside the Tokyo Dome. James “Buster” Douglas, a 42-to-1…
The Top Boxing Venues of All Time: From MSG to Wembley
For serious boxing fans, certain venues carry the weight of history. Madison Square Garden and Caesars Palace aren’t just arenas…
Philadelphia’s Greatest Boxers: Legends from the City of Brotherly Love
Philadelphia doesn’t produce boxers. It produces problems. The City of Brotherly Love has been turning out world champions with iron…
Best Boxers From Newark, New Jersey
New Jersey has produced more world champions per square mile than almost any state in America — and most of…
Detroit’s Greatest Boxers: Legends from the Motor City
Detroit doesn’t ask for respect — it takes it. The Motor City has been producing world-class fighters since before most…
Brooklyn’s Greatest Boxers: Legends from the Borough of Kings
Forget what you heard about Philly fighters and Detroit tough guys. When it comes to producing world-class boxers, nobody —…
Top 5 Biggest Boxing Fights in Las Vegas History
Las Vegas has long been the undisputed capital of boxing, hosting some of the sport’s most iconic and lucrative events.…
Mayweather vs McGregor: The Complete Fight Story
On August 26, 2017, Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and Conor “The Notorious” McGregor stepped into the ring at T-Mobile Arena…
Boxing Ends It’s Decades Long Run On Regular Television, But Is It That Big A Deal In The Age Of Streaming?
By: Sean Crose There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth around the boxing world lately. Or perhaps more…
Don Elbaum Promoted 196 Fights At Tropicana Atlantic City in the 80s
Tropicana Atlantic City is where it was happening – every week – in the 1980sBy Boxing Insider staff Atlantic City…
Jack Dempsey prepped for mega-fights in Atlantic City
Jack Dempsey never officially fought in Atlantic City. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t prepare for any of his big…
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier: Remembering When The World Stopped To Stare
By: Hans Themistode The throne always belonged to Muhammad Ali. He had just been unjustly and temporarily removed from it.…
Modern Classics: Rosario-Bramble
By: Sean Crose Lightweight Edwin Rosario had just engaged in the fight of his life and had come up short.…
Modern Classics: Curry-McCrory
By: Sean Crose Donald Curry was a rising star in the sport of boxing. Milton McCrory, too, was a fighter…
Modern Classics: Leonard-Duran 2
By: Sean Crose “It was bizarre to witness,” William Nack wrote, “so swift and devastating a collapse of a man’s name.” The…
Modern Classics: Leonard-Duran I
By: Sean Crose “When I get into the ring to fight,” Roberto Duran said, “I always give the best.”There is little doubt…
Modern Classics: Hagler-Duran
By: Sean Crose It was a turning point fight for both men. One, defending middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler, had…
Alexis “The Thin Man” Arguello: A Class Act in and Out of the Ring
By: Ken Hissner This writer once had the privilege of meeting the great 3-time world champion Alexis “The Thin Man”…
80th Anniversary of Joe Louis’ Knockout Over Jack Roper
By: Aaron Sutcliffe “Some of the fans are already calling him the greatest champion of all-time” – two minutes and…
Book Review: The Fight by Norman Mailer
By: Stephanie Kent In The Fight, we follow Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Norman Mailer during the suspenseful weeks leading up to…
Lewis-Holyfield I: The Fight That Put Boxing Down (And Almost Out)
By: Sean Crose People were mad for a long time. A very long time. If it’s true that history is…
Jose Manuel Urtain, EBU Boxing, Rock Lifting Champion, Held Ali Overhead
By: Ken Hissner In the country of Spain besides boxing, bull fighting and soccer there is a sport called Rock-Lifting.…
Muhammad Ali’s 77th Birthday Is Today
By: Ken Hissner In 1960 a brash young boxer from Louisville, KY, came on the scene. Cassius Clay won the…
The Other Boxing Hall of Fame: Graziano’s Across the Street
By: Patrick Mascoe Walk into any sports bar today and you will notice they are just generic versions of each…
Jim Jacobs Talks About World Champion Wilfred “El Radar” Benitez
By: Ken Hissner In 1981 this writer wasn’t writing but was a big fan of boxing. I knew legendary trainer…