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 HBO began covering boxing on January 22, 1973 with it’s coverage of the Joe Frazier vs George Foreman bout in Jamaica. However, their boxing calendar only consisted of a major fight or two a year until 1981, when they starting showing fights on a regular basis. The commentating team at time included Barry Tompkins as […]

   Here is my list of the 10 greatest old time boxers of all time.

  Evander Holyfield and Buster Douglas signed to fight on October 25, 1990 at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Evander trained diligently as always, and came into the fight at a muscular 208 pounds. Douglas on the other hand came in fat and sloppy at 246 lbs., and the stories that had

   After his knockout of Michael Dokes in March of 1989, Evander Holyfield’s next venture into the ring was in July, an easy second round KO of Adilson Rodrigues in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. It was his fourth win as a heavyweight, and he was how ranked by all the sanctioning bodies as a contender for

  After unifying the cruiserweight championship with his defeat of Carlos DeLeon in April of 1988, Evander Holyfield decided to move up to the heavyweight division. His first opponent was James ‘Quick’ Tillis in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on July 16th. Evander had bulked up to a muscular 202 pounds, and used weight lifting to do

After his defeat of Dwight Muhammad Qawi on July 12th of 1986, Evander Holyfield became his reign as the best cruiserweight in boxing history. His frame filled out the 190 limit perfectly,, with his broad back and shoulders, and slim waist. He returned to the ring after winning the title,five months later with an easy

  Evander Holyfield had turned professional in November of 1984 after the summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and quickly moved into the cruiserweight division. Two years laterf, he challenged Dwight Muhammad Qawi for the WBA crown, in only his twelfth professional bout. The fight was held in his hometown of Atlanta at the Omni, and

After both George Foreman and Tommy Morrison won their fights on January 16th, they agreed to fight each other. The bout was set for June 7th, 1993 and would be at the Thomas and Mack Center. I was certainly rooting for George to win, but I knew it wouldn’t be easy against the younger Morrison.

After his close call with Alex Stewart in April of 1992, many called for George Foreman to pack it in. But after a good rest and a chance to heal, he signed to fight Pierre Coetzer of South Africa. Coetzer was coming off two consecutive knockout losses, to Riddick Bowe in July, and to Frank

   After his easy win over Jimmy Ellis in December of 1991, George Foreman agreed to fight Alex Stewart on April 11th in Las Vegas. Stewart had been knocked out by Mike Tyson in December of 1990, and by Michael Moorer in the following July, so George figured he would be easy pickings. The night