On This Day: Ray Mercer volleys Tommy Morrison into gruesome defeat
Matt Bevan looks back on the brutal Ray Mercer-Tommy Morrison showdown from October 18, 1991
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On This Day: Carl Froch edges Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham ices Jermain Taylor as Super Six tournament begins
The wonderful Super Six began with wins for Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham, writes Matt Bevan
On This Day: World middleweight champion Stanley Ketchel is shot to death
John Dennen reviews the incredible life of Stanley Ketchel, cut tragically short on October 15, 1910
On This Day: Vitali Klitschko returns to the ring after an absence of nearly four years and dominates Samuel Peter
Vitali Klitschko regains his WBC heavyweight title in impressive fashion
On This Day: Frank Tate stuns Michael Olajide to win vacant IBF middleweight title in 1987
Tate becomes the first middleweight to be crowned in the post-Marvin Hagler era
On This Day: Jem Mace’s failure to show up for ‘The Great International Prize Fight’ leaves Joe Coburn furious
Jamie Casey plots the timeline of Joe Coburn’s proposed bout with Jem Mace, 150 years on from one of the first fights to court attention from both sides of the Atlantic
On This Day: Marvin Hagler batters Mustafa Hamsho in 11 rounds
The original NY Times report from the October 3, 1981 world middleweight title fight
On This Day: Prince Naseem Hamed comes of age and thrashes Steve Robinson
Hamed cruises to first world title with punch-perfect performance against Robinson, writes Marc Gatford
On This Day: Ken Buchanan dethrones world lightweight champion Ismael Laguna in Puerto Rico
The night Buchanan claimed the world title on foreign soil was historic for British boxing, writes Nathan Fogg
On This Day: George Foreman flattens Terry Anderson but fails to impress London
James Slater recalls watching big George Foreman warm up for Evander Holyfield
On This Day: An ageing Sonny Liston notches his final knockout victory
Liston flattens Sonny Moore but his life and career will soon be over, writes James Slater
On This Day: Chris Eubank warms up for Nigel Benn with 20-second knockout victory
Reginaldo Dos Santos blown away quickly on September 22, 1990, writes James Slater
On This Day: George Foreman batters the hopeless Jose “King” Roman in a round
Matt Christie tells the tale of one of the quickest knockouts in heavyweight history
On This Day: Light-heavyweight legend Archie Moore beats Harold Johnson in their fifth meeting
Moore scores fourth win over Johnson on August 11 1954, writes Thomas Georgiou
On This Day: Dick Tiger ends the career of Gene Fullmer
Dick Tiger confirms supremacy over Gene Fullmer on August 10 1963, writes Thomas Georgiou