On this day in 1963, Sonny Liston took on Floyd Patterson at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the undisputed heavyweight ...

We were free-range roosters and not Riace bronzes,” once said Livio Berruti, who would become the eponymous athlete of those ...

Crusading journalist and an­ti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born in Holly Springs, Miss. Wells-Bar­nett was a ...

Elvis Presley, the “king of rock and roll;” John Lennon, the founder, rhythm guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the Beatles; ...

As Daniel Dubois looks to make history against Oleksandr Usyk in their undisputed heavyweight clash at Wembley Stadium, ESPN ...

There is no way Cassius Clay should be called "The Greatest," in any category except being a professional thug. He was a draft dodger because he claimed his religion forbade ...

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Ali did his best to sell the fight. He arrived in London with his brother Rudy and, according to Remnick, readily posed for pictures with everyone while wearing a three-piece suit and bowler hat. He ...

This is where Terrell's timing couldn't have been better. Terrell benefited from the turbulence surrounding the first reign of Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali as heavyweight champ (1964-67).

Summary In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obnoxious self-promoter, and few believed that he would become the heavyweight champion of the world.

Bruno had two more attempts at world title glory, losing to two greats - Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis. Now on his fourth attempt, 30,000 filled out Wembley to see Bruno take on Oliver McCall and ...