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.
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.
After an epic first encounter, the famed Boston Garden hosted the second installment of Marvin Hagler and Vito Antuofuermo on June 13, 1981.
On May 11, 1981, Madison Square Garden was set to host a Heavyweight fight that would help to further shape the future of the division. It would pit the young challenger Gerry Cooney and Ken Norton. Read Tony Calcara's flashback of the heavyweight bout.
March 18, 1991 was a night that many boxing fans remember simply as, “Desert Storm.” Relive the first classic clash between Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock from March of 1991.
Relive January 24, 1976, the night that saw George Foreman and Ron Lyle bring in the New Year in electric fashion. Boxing fans were treated with the “fight of the year” right out of the gate with a back-and-forth brawl.
