For six decades the World Colored Heavyweight Championship was a useful tool of racial oppression--the existence of the title far more important to the white pu

For six decades the World Colored Heavyweight Championship was a useful tool of racial oppression--the existence of the title far more important to the white pu

Holding the world featherweight boxing championship for more than 11 years, Johnny Kilbane's name became synonymous with the title. His accepted record of 51-4-

Born Luigi d'Ambrosio, Lou Ambers grew up in Herkimer, New York, during the Great Depression. He and his nine siblings watched their father lose his business. T

Among the best pound-for-pound fighters of all time, Willie Pep (1922-2006) was a virtuoso of the squared circle. A two-time World Featherweight Champion, his I