On This Day: Tommy Morrison breaks his jaw and hand while Joe Hipp joins him in hospital with a busted cheekbone following savage encounter
Tommy Morrison draws on all of his fighting spirit to KO Joe Hipp in a heavyweight slugfest
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On This Day: Nigel Benn makes Lou Gent’s dad regret selling his car
Nigel Benn and Lou Gent let ‘em fly in four-round thriller
On This Day: Steve Cruz pips Barry McGuigan in a titanic Las Vegas battle
A disastrous 15th round sees Barry McGuigan lose his featherweight title
How Carlos Palomino announced himself to the boxing world
When Carlos Palomino seemed to have been the best-kept secret in boxing
On This Day: Marco Antonio Barrera edges Erik Morales in rematch overflowing with quality
But Erik Morales fumes at the decision of the judges and the actions of the referee
On This Day: Lennox Lewis goes through hell while ripping Vitali Klitschko to shreds
Cuts, kicks and chaos as Lennox Lewis wins a thriller against Vitali Klitschko
On This Day: Roberto Duran reminds Joe Frazier of Charles Manson as he defeats Sugar Ray Leonard
The night when Roberto Duran, after almost being pulled out by doctors before the bout, proved he was the best of them all
On This Day: Floyd Patterson becomes the first fighter in history to regain the world heavyweight title
While knocking out Ingemar Johansson to win the heavyweight title for the second time, Floyd Patterson does what the likes of Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis could not
On This Day: Shane Mosley and Oscar De La Hoya wage a war of the ages
Sixteen years after they first fought as amateurs, Mosley and De La Hoya go hell for leather in Los Angeles
On This Day: Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles hospitalise each other in one of the most violent fights in heavyweight history
Ezzard Charles gives Rocky Marciano his toughest fight
On This Day: Roberto Duran was born in 1951
Matt Christie profiles the legendary 'Hands of Stone', Roberto Duran
The trial of Seaman Tommy Watson
Patrick Connor tells the story of Seaman Tommy Watson, an English fighter forced to earn his shot at Kid Chocolate by engaging in a series of hastily arranged gym fights in New York
On This Day: When Joe Frazier stunned Howard Cosell as he entered the ring
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On This Day: Max Baer sets new record for knockdowns against Primo Carnera
Max Baer decks Primo Carnera an astonishing 11 times in 11 rounds