On this Day: Lennox Lewis robbed in New York, held to contentious draw with Evander Holyfield
The victim was 6-foot-5, 245 pounds, and the perpetrators didn’t even use a gun. On March 13, 1999, Lennox Lewis produced...
read moreKO Magazine 1986: Larry Holmes challenges Mike Tyson to non-title bout Pt. 2
Editor's Note: This Larry Holmes interview originally appeared in the December 1986 issue of KO Magazine. It was conducted before...
read moreIlunga Makabu hangs on to WBC cruiserweight belt with split decision over Thabiso Mchunu
Ilunga Makabu retained his WBC cruiserweight title - and a potentially valuable chip in the division - by a controversial...
read moreThabiso Mchunu aims to getting it right this time against Ilunga Makabu
Skilled southpaw Thabiso Mchunu will challenge IIunga Makabu for the WBC cruiserweight title at the Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio...
read moreDon King at 90: A legend nears the finish line
Some years ago, when he was still at or near his harrumphing, bombastic best, legendary promoter Don King chastised a...
read moreBest I Faced: Verno Phillips
Battle-hardened veteran Verno Phillips held three portions of the junior middleweight title during the 1990s and early to mid 2000s,...
read moreBernard Hopkins-Segundo Mercado 2: The Executioner reflects on first world title win 26 years later
The dictionary definition of “serendipity” is the occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. With the 26th...
read more‘Fighting Words’ — The WBA Is The Cause, Don King Was Just The Symptom
The fact that Bermane Stiverne was in a "title fight" in the year of our lord 2021 could best be...
read moreDon King pulls off his weirdest boxing card ever (with help from the WBA, Florida commission)
It was a better bout than probably most anyone thought it would or could be going in. And, that it even...
read moreTrevor Bryan Wins Secondary Heavyweight Belt, Stopping Stiverne on Don King PPV
The main event of a $20 pay-per-view on a show titled “Return to Greatness” featured a pair of flabby, inactive...
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