In the history of boxing, few names are as revered as Larry Holmes and Rocky Marciano. Despite their very distinct ...

1953: Rocky Marciano, making his first defense of his heavyweight title, scored a first-round knockout at Chicago Stadium over Jersey Joe Walcott, the man Marciano dethroned in a 13th-round KO the ...

In the history of boxing, few names are as revered as Larry Holmes and Rocky Marciano. Despite their very distinct contributions, both former world heavyweight champions have left their mark on ...

LAS VEGAS — After scoring a technical knockout against Conor McGregor on Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather resisted taking jabs at critics who questioned the historical value of his victory at T ...

On the night it happened, the title fight between Larry Holmes and Carl “The Truth” Williams was framed as potentially historic because it was one of the final hurdles on the path for Holmes ...

Muhammad Ali fought Sonny Liston in Lewiston, Maine, in May 1965, and residents plan to commemorate the event with an Ali ...

BROCKTON, Mass. -- It’s at least a 45-minute drive from his home in Plymouth, Mass., to his hometown of Brockton, a city in Boston’s south suburbs. The next birthday will be the 80th for Peter ...

"Rocky Marciano is great, but Mike Tyson would have run him over like a train to a flock of sheep," Rogan said. "It's a different world. Rocky, at his maximum weight, weighed 192 pounds ...

Sugar Ray Leonard has revealed who he believes are the three greatest fighters of all time. The retired American icon had an ...