No division in boxing carries the cultural weight of the heavyweight class. A heavyweight title fight has always been more than a sporting event — it has ...
Cain Velasquez had a brief but dominant run at the top of the heavyweight division. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com While Cain Velasquez enjoyed a pair of title reigns in the UFC, he didn’t have the ...
Boxing legend Emanuel Steward is arguably the greatest trainer of all time, but before his passing in 2012, he picked out who he believed to have been the ...
This fan vote to decide boxing’s greatest heavyweight was not even close. Boxing is not short on legendary figures from throughout its history, and a whole host of them came from the sport’s longtime ...
Cain Velasquez built his reputation on ferocious pressure and unmatched endurance. Known as “Cardio Cain,” he would overwhelm rivals with his pace, whether striking or wrestling. His breakthrough came ...
For more than a century, the story of U.S. boxing has been told through larger-than-life men and the eras they defined. Yet ...
Senior heavyweights Matt Bogumil and Tyler Shovlin are great buddies off the mat. But on it, things are a little bit different. "In wrestling especially, you could be best friends with a guy, and then ...
Joe Bugner, the former British, Australian, European and Commonwealth heavyweight champion who lost twice to Muhammad Ali, has died at the age of 75. Bugner, who was born in Hungary before making his ...
Tyson Fury is still building his resume. The two-time heavyweight champ, who will defend his WBC title against Dillian Whyte on pay-per-view Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London, is only 33, after ...