Oleksandr Usyk is the current king of the heavyweight division but Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield have both had that ...

Tyson Fury was set for his first fight with Oleksandr Usyk, and his opponent was taken aback by the work the then-WBC ...

Brooklyn-born 'The Cannon's' career began in 1992, and his last fight was in 2016. Along the way, he held the lineal ...

The WBC Boxing Grand Prix, for boxers under 26 years old, took place last month with 128 athletes from 41 countries in four ...

1967 — Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army. 1968 — Jim “Catfish” Hunter of the Oakland A’s pitches a perfect game, beating the Minnesota Twins 4-0. It is the first perfect ...

He unsuccessfully challenged for the heavyweight title on three occasions, losing to Tim Witherspoon, Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis, respectively. However, he finally got his crowning moment at the ...

1915 — Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth hits his first MLB home run. 1917 — Bob Groom of the Browns duplicates teammate Ernie Koob’s feat of the previous day by pitching a 3-0 no-hit ...

1993 — Lennox Lewis of Britain scores a unanimous 12-round decision over Tony Tucker in his first defense of the WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas. 1995 — New Zealand’s Black Magic 1 takes ...

1994 — Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title. 1997 — Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics. 1998 — Rookie Kerry Wood ties the major league record with 20 ...