Jackie Kallen: Michael Dokes Passes Away, Another Boxing Loss
By Jackie Kallen It has been a bad year so far for boxing deaths. LeRoy Neiman, Bert Sugar, Bill Miller,…
10th Annual Briscoe Awards Sunday in South Philly
By: Ken Hissner Philly Boxing History Editor John Di Santo is holding the 10th Annual Briscoe Awards Sunday 1-4pm at…
The Day Jack Johnson Punched Through The Color Line
The Day Jack Johnson Punched Through The Color Line By: Sean Crose If I were to be asked which fighters…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Boxing’s Biggest Controversies, Robberies, and Scandals
Boxing has always lived in the gray areas. The sport is scored by humans, governed by fractured sanctioning bodies, and…
Boxing in the 1920s: The Sport’s First Golden Era | Complete History
The 1920s didn’t just change boxing—they invented modern boxing. Before the decade began, prizefighting was a semi-legal spectacle held in…
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…
The Greatest Heavyweight Title Fights in History, Era by Era
No division in boxing carries the cultural weight of the heavyweight class. A heavyweight title fight has always been more…
British Boxing History: From Broughton to Fury
Boxing was not invented in Britain, but it was codified there. The sport’s rules, its governing structures, and its culture…
LeRoy Neiman: The Artist Who Made Boxing Beautiful
For half a century, no artist was more synonymous with boxing than LeRoy Neiman. With his handlebar mustache, ever-present Cuban…
Best Pound-for-Pound Boxers of All Time Ranked
The pound-for-pound debate is boxing’s oldest and most unsolvable argument. Strip away the weight advantages, remove the era, ignore the…
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…
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 —…
The History of Boxing Trading Cards: From Tobacco Packs to Modern Collectibles
Boxing and trading cards go back further than any other sport in the hobby. Before Topps ever printed a Mickey…
Ali vs. Liston I: The Night Boxing Changed Forever | 62nd Anniversary
Sixty-two years ago tonight, a 22-year-old loudmouth from Louisville did the impossible. He walked into the ring against the most…
The Best Boxing Documentaries and Where to Watch Them
The best boxing stories have always been bigger than the fights themselves. Poverty, race, redemption, corruption, the weight of being…
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.…
91 Seconds: Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks in Atlantic City
The fight, the finances, and the full story behind the most famous 91 seconds in heavyweight history Mike Tyson’s first-round…
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…
The Greatest Boxers from Puerto Rico: La Isla del Campeón
No place on earth — not Brooklyn, not Philly, not Mexico City — produces world champion boxers at the rate…
How Do Some Countries Allow Losing Boxers to Continue Boxing?
By: Ken Hissner I have a 100 Club list of boxers with over 100 losses and others who have never…
Top 5 Biggest Boxing Rematches of All Time
Top 5 Biggest Boxing Rematches of All Time Nothing in sports carries the dramatic weight of a boxing rematch. The…