BoxingDB
109 entries on legendary boxers and famous fights. From Sullivan and the bareknuckle era through Ali, the Four Kings, Tyson and up to Usyk and Inoue, a factual record of the greats of the ring.
Legendary Entries
Muhammad Ali
Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, he won gold in Rome at 18 and stunned Sonny Liston in 1964 to take the title at 22. Stripped in 1...
Sugar Ray Robinson
Born Walker Smith Jr, Robinson went 85-0 as an amateur and ran a 91 fight unbeaten streak as a pro. He won the welterweight title ...
Rumble in the Jungle
Staged at 4 AM before 60,000 in Zaire with a music festival attached, the Rumble saw Muhammad Ali lean back on the ropes and let G...
Joe Louis
Louis won the title from James Braddock in 1937 and held it until 1949, making 25 successful defenses, 21 by knockout. His one rou...
Mike Tyson
Under his Catskill mentor, Tyson unified the division in the late 1980s with peek a boo head movement and savage combinations. He ...
Thrilla in Manila
In morning heat at the Araneta Coliseum, Muhammad Ali called it the closest thing to dying. Ali punished Joe Frazier early, Frazie...
Fight of the Century 1971
Two undefeated champions, Muhammad Ali 31-0 back from exile and Joe Frazier 26-0, met at Madison Square Garden with half the world...
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Pretty Boy Floyd became Money, the finest defensive fighter of his generation, winning titles from super featherweight through lig...
Roberto Duran
Raised in the slums of El Chorrillo, Duran won the lightweight title at 21 in 1972 and defended it 12 times, mostly by knockout, w...