Heavyweight champion boxer John Tate’s name will adorn a street sign at Lakeside Avenue next to Chilhowee Park near the late Ace Miller’s Golden Gloves boxing gym. Urged on by City ...

Trinity Prospers has been boxing since she was 12 years old, now at age 21 she hopes to follow in Tate’s footsteps. “I’ve heard a lot of things, great things about ‘Big’ John Tate ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville boxer Big John Tate traveled far from his home in the late 1970s to rise to legendary heights. He won an Olympic bronze medal in Montreal in 1976. A few years later ...

Winnett grew up learning stories of a boxer who knew no boundaries. "If John Tate can inspire me to do my best, give my best, then I know he can do that for others," he said. Tate's legacy placed ...

"Big John" Tate, a former heavyweight boxing champion who could not read or write and turned to a life of petty crime and panhandling, was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Knoxville, Tenn., ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – The names of Tennessee football legend Johnny Majors and heavyweight champion boxer John Tate may soon adorn two places in Knoxville. The Knoxville Public Property ...