Many whites still wished to see Louis defeated by a white boxer ... Louis met an excellent black athlete. Having raised thousands of dollars for the military by fighting exhibition matches ...

Laced up the black boxing shoes. Slid his head into the opening of the white towel before parading to the boxing ring. But that was only part of the pre-fight ritual for Mike Tyson, according to ...

Twenty years after Johnson lost the heavyweight title to Jess Willard, a talented young boxer from Detroit ... the first time a white champion had agreed to fight a black challenger since Tommy ...

Foreman’s professional boxing career began in 1969, with a three-round knockout fight ... and the Black Messiah”) portrayed Foreman in his early career. Former world champion boxer George ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died at the age of 28 from brain injuries sustained in a fight, his promoter announced on Saturday. “It is with complete devastation that we have to announce that ...