The focus of Lew Freedman's book is on two exceptional heavyweight champions with distinct backgrounds and personalities.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. He was the Manassa Mauler. He was Jack the Giant Killer. He was a popular sports figure in the New York City nightclub ...

One century ago, a flippant idea sprung as a lark and intended as a publicity stunt steamrolled into one of history’s most memorable heavyweight championship fights. On July 4, 1923, Heavyweight Champ ...

FARGO — It must have gone through the minds of many in Fargo-Moorhead that July 4, 1923. What better way to celebrate America, they thought, than to cheer on a Minnesota guy — an underdog —hoping to ...

Heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey beat plucky challenger Tom Gibbons in Shelby, Mont., in what the Spokane Daily Chronicle described as the “biggest fiasco in the history of boxing.” The fiasco was not ...