On this day: Evander Holyfield stops Michael Dokes in classic war
Before “The Real Deal” duked it out with Riddick Bowe, Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis, he first had to brave...
read moreTo Be The Best: The top 100 boxers in the history of The Ring Rankings (50-41)
If you’re new to this on-going series, please read: The Introduction. (Seriously, if you’re posting questions like “What does the asterisk...
read moreRing Ratings: a brief update and a flashback (to when the Real Deal and Finito ruled)
The New Year began with heavyweight action that didn’t result in any changes in The Ring’s glamor division rankings, and...
read moreVideo: Tyson Fury remembers a century of heavyweight champions
Fifty-eight pounds in weight, five-and-a-half inches in height and 10 inches in reach. When the legendary Jack Dempsey blasted his way...
read moreRay Mercer TKO 5 Tommy Morrison story doesn’t begin to tell the whole story of either
Thirty years ago, on Oct. 18, 1991, heavyweights “Merciless” Ray Mercer and Tommy “The Duke” Morrison squared off in an...
read moreBest I Faced: Tony Tucker
Tony Tucker holds the ignominious record of shortest heavyweight title reign at just 64 days. However, he still enjoyed a...
read moreThe backstory of the Gabriel Maestre-Mykal Fox debacle—and what it could mean looking ahead
The FOX production assistant was on a special mission. She was asked to go find Mykal Fox Saturday night at...
read moreTyson Fury confirms that Anthony Joshua superfight is on for August 14 in Saudi Arabia
The Ring heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has received a promise from a Saudi prince. Saudi defense secretary Prince Khalid Abdulaziz Al...
read more‘Fighting Words’ — Another year without boxing’s best weekend
Our sport has its share of traditional weekends, the dates when we can expect big fights that coincide with certain...
read moreBest I trained: Pepe Correa
Jose "Pepe" Correa was one of the top trainers in boxing during the 1970s- through 1990s. He worked with a...
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