Earnie Shavers is one of the few fighters in the history of boxing to share the ring with both Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes.

They pointed to the racially motivated prosecution of Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing champion, who was arrested twice for transporting two white women, one whom he’d later ...

Claressa Shields will remain the World Boxing Organization’s Female Heavyweight champion after vacating her light heavyweight title. Shields was prompted to choose which of her two titles to keep as a ...

The referee that night was Sullivan, the heavyweight champion himself ... Godfrey took home some $300 and the title of the best Black boxer in the world. When his win was announced ringside ...

officials and historians will return to Fighter’s Heaven on Saturday to pay tribute to the late Muhammad Ali and other boxers at an event commemorating Black History Month. Members of the public ...