Nobody ever described Jake LaMotta as well as he once described himself. Or, actually, maybe describe is the wrong word. It’s more like he was confessing. Or possibly he was explaining something that ...

Sugar Ray Robinson 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Henry Armstrong 2. Henry Armstrong 2. Alexis Arguello 3. Muhammad Ali 3. Muhammad Ali 3. Henry Armstrong 4. Harry Greb 4. Benny Leonard 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5.

There were chartered flights in the air, heading for the United States, two days before the bout. British dignitaries and sportsmen -- among them the mayor of Turpin's home town -- were en route.

It had not even been 15 years since the greatest night of his professional life – perhaps the greatest night in the life of any professional boxer that Britain had ever produced. But those glory days ...

Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 24, 1950: Welterweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson is interviewed after arriving by train in Frankfurt for his Christmas night fight against Hans Stretz. At right are ...