The Master Chess players are always several moves ahead of their opponent. The Masters know almost by instinct, if not by the actual maneuver what their opponent is up to. When Bernard Hopkins ...

Memphis - Undefeated World Middleweight Champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor will put his titles on the line for the fourth time when 154-lb world champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks moves ...

After handing David Bey his first defeat, Larry Holmes announced that he was not going to fight anymore. Except, perhaps, for a money fight with Michael Spinks — the dominator of the light heavyweight ...

CANTON − Retired boxing champion Michael Spinks will make a guest appearance at the Breakfast-N-Books "Breakfast of Champs" from 11 am. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion's Temple Church of God, 1103 Seventh ...

“In Washington, D.C., during the 1970s, a black man could get into the newspapers in one of two ways: crime—or boxing.” Such begins the synopsis for boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard’s 2012 ...

Leon Spinks, a former Marine who became a gold-medal Olympic boxer and once defeated Muhammad Ali in a title fight, has died. He was 67. Spinks had been battling multiple types of cancers, including ...

Leon Spinks Jr., the boxer best known for defeating Muhammad Ali in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, has died at the age of 67. According to the KNTV, Spinks died Friday evening in Las ...

Leon Spinks (26-17-3) has had a wild ride during his boxing career. Ranging from toppling Muhammad Ali to fighting in the cruiserweight division, Spinks is etched in boxing history as a unique fighter ...

Jesse Holland is among the longest-tenured media professionals in the combat sports news space, covering MMA, professional wrestling and boxing on a full-time basis since early 2004. The genius who ...

(Reuters) - Leon Spinks, the gap-toothed fighter from the St. Louis slums who pulled off one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history in 1978 by defeating Muhammad Ali to take the undisputed ...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks, who once beat Muhammad Ali, died Friday night with wife at his side after a five-year fight with cancer, a spokesperson said in a statement. He was 67.