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The Ring Archives: Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor I remains a bittersweet classic 30 years later

17
Mar

The Ring Archives: Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor I remains a bittersweet classic 30 years later

If you were a hardcore boxing during the late 1980s you couldn't wait for the inevitable 140-pound showdown between Mexican...

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15
Feb

1990’s Boxing Trivia from Ring Magazine

The 1990s introduced Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya, James Toney and Roy Jones Jr. as pound-for-pound...

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03
Feb

Dougie’s Monday Mailbag (Wilder-Fury2, Demetrius Andrade, Chavez-Randall I)

BEST VS. BEST IN THEIR PRIMES Hey Dougie, Hope all is good with you? Really enjoying your mailbag every week, it gives...

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12
Oct

20-20 vision – The greatest fighter from Mexico: Julio Cesar Chavez

The Ring continues its look back at the greatest fighters ever from 20 nations. Next up is Mexico.

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12
Sep

On this day: Julio Cesar Chavez dominates Hector Camacho in Las Vegas

The long-awaited battle between Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez and Puerto Rico’s Hector Camacho turned out to be one-sided affair at...

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10
Sep

On this day: Pernell Whitaker wins the draw against Julio Cesar Chavez in San Antonio

On Sept. 10, 1993, Pernell Whitaker and Julio Cesar Chavez faced off in a battle of three-weight world champions. If...

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18
Jul

Pernell Whitaker, Julio Cesar Chavez and the Alamodome heist

Pernell Whitaker retained his world title and achieved pound-for-pound supremacy, but that infamous draw with Julio Cesar Chavez should have been an official victory.

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15
Jul

Best I Faced: Pernell Whitaker

Editor's Note: This feature originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of The Ring. Pernell Whitaker was a southpaw version of...

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15
Jul

The Ring Archives: Remembering Pernell Whitaker

The news of Pernell Whitaker's untimely death hit hardcore boxing fans hard, especially those who came of age watching the...

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04
Jun

Meldrick Taylor arrested on aggravated assault charges after standoff with police

Meldrick Taylor, the two-time world champion and 1984 Olympic gold medalist, was arrested Tuesday morning at his residence in North...

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