Ninety-eight years and one month ago, arguably the greatest fighter never to win a world title entered the ring for the final time. Record-keeping being what it was a century back, there is no ...

A month or so or ago, I clicked on an e-mail from a gentleman by the name of Clay Moyle who was writing to me from Washington state. Mr. Moyle said he had written a book on an old-time fighter and had ...

In the decade following the onset of the 20th Century pugilism, now conducted under the auspices of the Marquis of Queensbury rules, had begun to develop lines of improvement that witnessed the ...

All the way from Los Angeles to Manhattan went blind Sam Langford, onetime great Negro fighter. Boxing fans, led by one Hype Igoe, boxing authority for The New York World, had subscribed to bring Sam ...

Tommy Langford (17-0 6 KOs) and Sam Sheedy (17-1 4 KOs) came face-to-face for the first time today at West Bromwich Albion's Hawthorns stadium ahead of their eagerly-anticipated clash for the Vacant ...