Louis was raised in Detroit and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time, but he ...

Mike Tyson holds the record for the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion. Mike Tyson was the first boxer to win all ...

Detroit seeks an artist to create a statue of Joe Louis, focusing on his impact outside of boxing, to be installed on the ...

The city of Detroit is issuing an open call for a sculptor to create a new statue of Detroit legend Joe Louis.

American boxer and world heavyweight champion Joe Louis Barrow (1914 – 1981) during his service in the US Army. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) – Credit: Photo Express Newspapers ...

Despite his accolades, Ali didn’t view himself as the greatest of all time, and instead named the man who he deemed to be ...

He’s known as Boots. Jaron Ennis much prefers these days being called IBF welterweight champion. Make that, the undefeated ...

His dad was a boxer and Ennis picked it up as a kid when ... into the Sesquicentennial Stadium in 1926. Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Marvin Hagler and Joe Frazier all called Philly home on fight ...

Not every boxer can rule a division in the same way Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis did – but the following really did fail in the ‘champion’ part when it came to wearing ...