Was Muhammad Ali The Most Colorful Athlete in Sports History?
By: Ken Hissner This writer started searching all sports most colorful athletes and they stood out at other sporting events…
Muhammad Ali Beat Four Olympic Gold Medalists
Muhammad Ali Beat Four Olympic Gold Medalists By: Ken Hissner At a boxing event in Atlantic City recently top boxing…
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…
Blinky Palermo: The Gangster Who Owned Boxing’s Champions
Before the big paydays and television contracts, before the pay-per-view era, there was a short, blinking man from South Philadelphia…
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…
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…
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…
Tex Rickard: The Gambler Who Invented the Boxing Mega Event
Before Don King or Bob Arum, before television contracts and pay-per-view, there was a grey-eyed gambler from the frontier who…
The Best Boxing Ring Walks of All Time, Ranked
The fight starts before the bell. Every boxing fan knows this. The ring walk is the final act of theater…
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…
The 5 Biggest Boxing Crowds in U.S. History
From Tony Zale drawing 135,132 in a Milwaukee park to Jack Dempsey’s legendary 1920s gates, these are the five biggest…
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…
Top Rank at 60: How Bob Arum’s First Fight Built a Boxing Empire
Sixty years ago today, a 34-year-old Harvard Law School graduate with no experience in boxing promotion staged a heavyweight championship…
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…
Best Left-Handed Boxers in History (Southpaw Legends)
In boxing, few things cause more problems than a southpaw. The angles are wrong. The jab comes from the opposite…