During the 1930s, Detroit's Howell King held his own in the boxing ring, but the prejudice he faced from U.S. officials ended his Olympic dreams.

Boxer Mylik Birdsong, known as 'King Mylik,' was the reigning World Boxing Foundation International welterweight champion. Boxer Mylik Birdsong shot and killed by two men in South L.A. - Los ...

Delgado is an amateur boxer from Corpus Christi, maybe better known as "King Julian." Through 36 fights, he’s become a National Golden Glove champion, two times.

King’s fate after he arrived in Berlin was summarized by the boxer himself — to the best of his youthful ability — in an Aug. 15, 1936, article written by W. T. Patrick Jr. for the Detroit ...