The fight was billed as “Ultimate Glory” and would take place June 7, 1996, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV. Relive Oscar De La Hoya's first battle with Mexican legend, Julio Cesar Chavez.
On June 28, 1997, on a fight card billed as “The Sound and the Fury,” Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield met for the second time. The fight would live up to its name in a way that no one expected.
On December 19, 1997, Prince Naseem Hamed made his U.S. debut against top Featherweight, Kevin Kelley. The fight would become an instant classic, wowing the Madison Square Garden and legitimizing Hamed's claim as the best Featherweight in the world. Read on for Tony Calcara's flashback of that legendary night.
On a beautiful spring night in New York City, Madison Square Garden hosted an evening touted as “The Night of the Heavyweights.” Relive Evander Holyfield vs. Bobby Czyz.
Billed as “The Battle of East and West,” the bout between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton was scheduled for May 2, 2009 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Relive the epic night.
Relive 1993's classic fight between Terry Norris and Troy Waters.
Shortly after knocking out Lou Savarese in 38 seconds of the first round, and flooring referee John Coyle in the process, an enraged Mike Tyson unloaded on his future opponent, Lennox Lewis, in a post-fight tirade. The two men finally met on Saturday, June 8, 2002.
After a controversial ending to their first bout, Roy Jones Jr. and Montell Griffin met on Thursday night, August 7, 1997 to settle their score.
This weeks Flashback Friday goes back to 1979 for Larry Holmes vs. Earnie Shavers.
On October 4, 1997, in the third defense of his 130-pound crown, Arturo Gatti would face challenger Gabriel Ruelas in a classic war that would go on to be named “Knockout of the Year” and “Fight of the Year.”
The year was 1986. Lurking in the shadows and ready to break out onto the big stage was a young, hungry lion named Mike Tyson.
There are moments in history that seem to be forever frozen in time. Many felt that the night of April 15, 1985, had a legitimate shot at truly being an extraordinary evening. Boy were they right.
On a Friday night, October 1, 1993, the WBC World Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis would defend his title against Britain’s favorite son, Frank Bruno. The bout would take place at Cardiff Arms Park, an outdoor rugby stadium.
As a glass whistled across the room in April of 1995, a routine press conference had quickly turned to mayhem. Riddick Bowe and Jorge Luis Gonzalez, both being restrained by their camps, wanted to get their June 17 bout started early.
Relive the night of October 18, 1991 as Donald Trump’s Convention Center on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ played host to a heavy-hitting bout between Ray Mercer and Tommy Morrison.
