Sugar Ray Robinson had his 90-fight unbeaten streak snapped in shocking upset loss
Former world champion Sugar Ray Robinson has one of the most impressive careers in all of boxing. With 199 fights, Robinson had an incredible record…
Features Archives: 03/2025
Sugar Ray Leonard had one of the greatest KOs of all time in ‘Fight of the Year’ brawl
Former world champion ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard is considered an icon of boxing and is one of the greatest to ever step in the ring. Famous…
Muhammad Ali was stopped for the first time in his career aged just 16 years old
Muhammed Ali was stopped just once in his professional career by Larry Holmes, but this was not the only time ‘The Greatest’ would be defeated…
‘There was uproar’… Katie Taylor reveals crazy rule she had to break at the start of her boxing career
Irish boxing legend Katie Taylor has helped to revolutionize women’s sports with her incredible achievements over the years. Losing just once as a professional, 38-year-old…
“One of us would get hurt”… The boxer known as ‘Kid Violent’ who even Joe Louis wouldn’t fight
Joe Louis is renowned as one of the most elite pound-for-pound talents in boxing history, but there was one man even he avoided. Elmer Ray…
Naoya Inoue won his first world title at 20 years old with a crushing knockout
Naoya Inoue has established himself as one of the greatest modern fighters through sheer dominance and impressive knockout power. As of March 2025, the Japanese…
Evander Holyfield’s biggest nemesis wasn’t Mike Tyson, but a man he fought six times
Evander Holyfield, a legend of the sport, has become best known for his legendary bouts with Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, and Riddick Bowe, but his…
Female boxer who fought a man in first and only sanctioned battle of genders
In October 1999, just before the turn of the millennium, history was made as Margaret MacGregor became the first woman to fight a man, Loi…
Boxer whose mother jumped in the ring and beat his opponent with her heels
From fan-man invading Holyfield’s bout with Bowe to boxers fighting kangaroos and octopi, the sport of boxing has seen more than its fair share of…
‘Caveman’ boxer who robbed a bank after losing to Marvin Hagler in one minute
Marvellous Marvin Hagler is best known for his blockbuster bout with Thomas Hearns, but, in 1982, was responsible for a separate brutal knockout, one that…