Pioneer Era 1880-1915

Sullivan was the first sports superstar of America, heavyweight champion from 1882 and the best paid athlete of his age. His 1889 ...

Corbett, a San Francisco bank clerk, introduced footwork, the jab and timed counters to a game of brawlers. On September 7 1892 in...

A blacksmith from Helston in Cornwall who grew up in New Zealand and boxed out of Australia, Fitzsimmons knocked out Corbett with ...

The Galveston Giant took the title from Tommy Burns in Sydney on December 26 1908, then crushed former champion James Jeffries in ...

Before 10,000 at the Olympic Club, bank clerk James J. Corbett knocked out the great John L. Sullivan in the 21st round of the fir...

Unbeaten champion James Jeffries came off a six year retirement as the great white hope to face Jack Johnson, who had taken the ti...

Gans won the world lightweight title in 1902 by knocking out Frank Erne in the first round and became one of the first Black world...