Since The Ring magazine starting handing out Fight of the Year awards in 1945, it is fittingly the sport’s most famous participant, Muhammad Ali, who has won it the most times. Following closely ...

Carmen Basilio was a ferocious fighter whose grueling matches riveted the nation during the golden age of boxing in the mid-20th century. The popular welterweight and middleweight champion was born on ...

Every summer, California-based promoter Don Chargin makes an annual trip to Canastota, N.Y., to visit old friends and fellow enshrinees at the International Boxing Hall of Fame. When he returns to ...

Sep. 19—WATERTOWN — The 15th annual Carmen Basilio's Quest for Champions this Saturday will honor one boxer lost and celebrate another regained. The city boxing highlight — expected to showcase ...

Just before the bout began, the fighters touched gloves. But after their ritual handshake in Chicago’s Stadium, not another friendly gesture marred the festivities. Aging (30) Middleweight Champion ...

Ray Ciancaglini has dementia pugilistica from his days in the ring. April 19, 2012— -- Though words and names escape him, Ray Ciancaglini said he will never forget the first time he saw Carmen ...

Several hundred people packed a New York church on Monday to say final goodbyes to Carmen Basilio. The former world middleweight champion, who was 85 when he died last week, was buried after a church ...