Floyd Schofield beat Lucas Bahdi by unanimous decision in Chicago to win the WBA lightweight title in his first fight in 469 days. Sergio Mendoza also stopped Ricardo Sandoval in the co-main event to ...

1. Tom Molineaux: From Slave to American Heavyweight Champion / Bill Calogero -- 2. George Godfrey: First Colored Heavyweight Campion / Tony Triem -- 3. Peter Jackson: Heavyweight Champion of ...

After more than eight months of inactivity, Albuquerque boxer Yoruba Moreu II just wanted a fight. Beyond that, his father and trainer said, he and his son wanted a fight in which a victory would ...

In the middle of Black History Month, D.C. leaders put the spotlight on several Black boxing champions who started their careers in the nation’s capital and made it to the ring on the national stage. ...

NMAHMAI copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "The black prizefighter labored in one of the few trades where an African American man could win renown: boxing. His prowess in the ring ...

ORWIGSBURG, Pa. — Larry Holmes, known in the boxing community as the "Easton Assassin" took a trip down memory lane at the Muhammad Ali Deer Lake Training Camp also known as Fighter's Heaven. The once ...