Sock fell short in the final as Johnson won the match 11-4, 8-11, 11-7 to emerge as the champion. Second seed Johnson started ...

On May 16, Johnson took on the champion's younger brother, Jack Jeffries. After toying with the younger Jeffries for five rounds, Johnson knocked out his opponent, then helped carry him to his corner.

From Ali vs. Frazier to the war between Hagler and Hearns, these 25 bouts not only defined boxing but created moments that are still remembered for their brutality and glory.

Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, whose reign lasted from 1908 to 1915, was also the first African American pop culture icon. He was photographed more than any other black man of ...

Donald Trump has praised the role Sylvester Stallone has played in a pardon being issued to one of the greatest boxers of all ...

Champion Tommy Burns was guaranteed $30,000 ... Referee Hugh McIntosh awarded the championship to Johnson. Popular novelist Jack London wrote in a New York newspaper that it was a match "between ...

Champion Tommy Burns was guaranteed $30,000 ... Referee Hugh McIntosh awarded the championship to Johnson. Popular novelist Jack London wrote in a New York newspaper that it was a match "between ...