Billed as "Once and For All," the fight between the two undefeated heavyweights was viewed as the next generation’s version of Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier. While it wasn’t exactly that, the fight was ...

Wasn’t the punch Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) deployed to knock out Erickson Lubin (18-1, 13 KOs) in the first round eerily reminiscent of Mike Tyson’s fight-ending blow, also in the opening round, ...

The person who seems the least concerned about the legacy of Michael Spinks is Michael Spinks. Yes, he was the guy who lost to Mike Tyson in 91 seconds, and he was the younger brother of Leon, who ...

There may have been, in the long and sordid history of boxing, a more perfidious lead‑up to a big fight. But never before—or since, for that matter—had the treacheries been so blatant, been made so ...

FORMER two-division champion David Haye was discussing the night Tyson beat Michael Spinks in 1988 after a 91 second knockout ...

In 1988, two undefeated heavyweight champions met in a clash hyped as the fight of the decade, but what happened in just 91 seconds stunned the world. Mike Tyson’s ruthless demolition of Michael ...

Author Jack Hirsch is the kind of journalist one would call a boxing “lifer,” and not be talking out of turn. A former amateur boxer (and sparring partner of middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo) who ...

The tilt, which will air live on Netflix, has already created substantial buildup. Tyson and Paul have been jawing at one another for months, and Tyson took things to another level at Thursday's weigh ...

Claressa Shields had another standout night on Saturday, winning the WBC and WBA world middleweight belts off of Kaye Scott with a dominant performance in front of 16,000 fans in Atlanta. Shields was ...