On This Day: Lennox Lewis survives Vitali Klitschko storm to retire as heavyweight king
David Fletcher tells the story of an unexpected and bloody classic that closed Lennox Lewis’ glittering career
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On This Day: Max Schmeling shocked the world and knocked out Joe Louis
Unbeaten knockout express Joe Louis was derailed by former champ
On This Day: Joe Louis met Billy Conn in one of history’s most dramatic heavyweight title clashes
Bob Mee looks back at the classic first encounter between heavyweight champ Joe Louis and his light-heavyweight challenger Billy Conn
On This Day: Shane Mosley became a star with a superb points victory over Oscar De La Hoya
'Sugar' Shane lives up to great nickname with blistering victory over Oscar De La Hoya
On This Day: Roberto Duran mauls Davey Moore to erase the shame of ‘No Mas’
Roberto Duran celebrated his birthday by thrashing Davey Moore at the Garden
VIDEO In the ring with an Olympian – tactics for boxing
How an Olympian thinks in the ring.
Letter from America: The real pain of a wasted training camp
Tony Jeffries has sympathy for Billy Joe Saunders and Martin Murray and the real cost of a lost training camp
30 years on the Iran Barkley – Tommy Hearns upset still shocks
On this day Iran Barkley stunned Tommy Hearns, writes James Slater
On This Day: From Gene Tunney to Miguel Cotto, via Archie Moore and Roy Jones Jnr
Here we celebrate Miguel Cotto and the other heroes who have made June 5 a boxing day to remember
On This Day: Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins both win to set up megafight. Just.
Sturm and Allen provided very different tests for Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins respectively
The key to footwork drills
Tony Jeffries demonstrates five drills to work on your footwork with an agility ladder
Gym trial – 12×3
Training with Darren Barker
On this day – Vitali Klitschko stops a game Sosnowski while the German fight fans scream for David Haye’s head!
What would have happened if Vitali Klitschko had fought David Haye, wonders James Slater
On This Day: Farewell, ‘Mi Vida Loca’ – Johnny Tapia, 1967-2012
Matt Christie looks back on the tragic life of Johnny Tapia – a great champion
On This Day: Bob Fitzsimmons, the first three weight world champion in history, is born
On May 26 1863 Bob Fitzimmons was born in Cornwall.