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On This Day: Mike Tyson scores the quickest win of his whole career as he obliterates Marvis Frazier in 30 seconds
Two hellish Mike Tyson uppercuts send Marvis Frazier to sleep in the opening round

On This Day: Wearing ill-fitting shorts and without Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali hammers his pal Jimmy Ellis into defeat
Muhammad Ali lets Angelo Dundee attempt to conspire with Jimmy Ellis to beat him

On This Day: Ernesto Espana pounded to defeat by Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini five seconds after the bell goes ding-ding
Ray Mancini delights his hometown fans with shellacking of Ernesto Espana

How to do shadowboxing – the essentials
Tony Jeffries demonstrates shadowboxing, for beginners and up

On This Day: One month before his death, Salvador Sanchez cements his greatness by pounding the substantial resistance out of Azumah Nelson in the 15th and final round
Azumah Nelson goes down fighting to Salvador Sanchez in terrific contest

Bert Kirby and the era of the great British flyweight
Bert Kirby boxed in an era of fewer weights and many more fighters when Britain’s flyweight ranks swelled with talent, writes Alex Daley

On This Day: Azumah Nelson was born in 1958
Azumah Nelson was perhaps the greatest African fighter of all-time, writes Daniel Herbert
On This Day: Six years after having his leg amputated Craig Bodzianowski challenged Robert Daniels for the WBA cruiserweight title
The inspirational Craig Bodzianowski goes 12 rounds on an artificial limb against world titlist Robert Daniels

On This Day: Tim Witherspoon wrecks Bruno-mania when he catches up with Frank Bruno in 11 rounds
A star-studded night at Wembley Stadium ends with Tim Witherspoon showing his class

On This Day: Jersey Joe Walcott becomes the oldest man in history to win the world heavyweight title with a sumptuous one-punch KO
Jersey Joe Walcott reigns supreme at 37 in his fifth attempt to win the heavyweight championship

Four tips to punch harder instantly
Box N' Burn's Tony Jeffries shows you how to punch harder

On This Day: An underrated British classic sees Kevin Mitchell turn back the spirited John Murray in gruelling slugfest
Kevin Mitchell arguably never better than the night he ended the unbeaten run of John Murray

The real Peaky Blinders: When gangs invaded boxing
Alex Daley explores a time when violent gangs in pre-war Britain intruded on boxing – with ugly consequences

On This Day: Amir Khan zips and zaps before getting zonked by Danny Garcia
Amir Khan slices up Danny Garcia before disaster strikes in Las Vegas