★ From the fight archives ★
Epic boxing stories, told properly. The great fighters, the nights that changed careers and the complicated lives behind the records.
Read No. 01
The life, fights and tragic death of Chico
A factual account of the two-weight world champion, his greatest fights, his setbacks and the tragedy that ended his life at 29.
“With Corrales, defeat was always imaginable. So was recovery.”
Read No. 02
Hands of Stone
The rise, fall and extraordinary return of a fighter who refused to be defined by one night — Buchanan, Montreal, New Orleans, Davey Moore, Hagler, Hearns and Barkley at 37.
“It was the victory of an old fighter over time itself.”
Read No. 03
The Voice of Boxing
Fifty years at ringside: Foreman in Caracas, Ali and Frazier at the Garden, the Rumble in the Jungle, Leonard-Durán — and the hard Fleet Street reporter fighters ended up loving.
“Hey you! Put that out.” Hart answered: “Say please.”
Read No. 04
The night no one can forget
Tokyo, 11 February 1990. The 42-1 outsider, his mother's death three weeks earlier, the eighth-round knockdown, the long-count row — and the knockout at 1:23 of the tenth.
“It is a motivation, not a distraction.”
Read No. 05
Whatever happened to Left Hook?
Manchester, 4 March 2006. Joe Calzaghe dismantled the unbeaten IBF champion over twelve rounds. Then came the torn rotator cuff, the long decline — and a conversation a decade later.
“Joe, you took away my ego.”