The History of Boxing - The Sweet Science

In-Depth Sections & Features on the History of Boxing
Hundreds of the Best Boxers Ever	Best Boxing Books	Best Boxing Movies
Best of a Nation Series	Weight Division History	All-Time Best by Division
Fantasy Fights	Muhammad Ali Career Timeline	Muhammad Ali Facts & Trivia

Historical Fighter Profiles, Classic Fights & Feature Columns
The Legacy of Bruce Lee	Analysis: Judging Boxing Historically	How Cocaine Shaped the Boxing Landscape	Resto vs. Collins: Sweet Science turned Sour
Larry Holmes: The Underappreciated Genius	The Legendary Archie Moore	RIP Smokin Joe Frazier	Questions Still Surround Arturo Gatti's Death
In Remembrance of Alexis Arguello	Genaro Hernandez: A Class Act	RIP Angelo Dundee	Sam Langford: King Without a Crown
Focus on the Fabulous Four of the 80s: Hearns -- Hagler	Head to Head stats: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran	Examining Boxing, Weightlifting & Sports Science -- Analyzing the size of Modern Heavyweights	What if Salvador Sanchez Had Lived? | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6
Is Bernard Hopkins the GOAT?	Don't Close the Book: Changing Legacies of Jones & Hopkins	Pacquiao-Marquez Modern Day Saddler-Pep	Comparing Pacquiao's Titles to Historical Records
What Does 8-Division Champion Really Mean?	Best of British Boxing -- Best British fights	Celebrating 60 Years Since Marciano's Title Win	LaMotta-Cerdan II: What might have been
Tony Galento's 3 Fights in 1 Night	3 Real Life Joe Louis Opponents in On the Waterfront	Lazlo Papp: 3-Time Gold Medalist, but Not a Champion	Zora Folley's Mysterious Death
George Chuvalo: As Tough as They Come	10 Year Look Back at Tyson-Lewis: Guess who on the undercard?

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Top 5 & Top 10 Boxing History Columns
Top Heavyweights of the 1930s	Top Heavyweights of the Marciano Era	Top Heavyweights of the Patterson-Liston Era	5 Best Heavyweights of the 1990s
5 Toughest Victories in History	Top 5 Heavyweight Title Upsets	5 More Huge Heavyweight Title Upsets	5 Good Boxers with a Bad Rap
5 of the Best Chins in History	Top 5 Fighters With Less than 50 Fights	Top Boxers Who Should & Shouldn't Be in the HOF	4 Fighters with Unbelievable Career Endings
Top 10 Welterweights of the 1990s	Top 10 African American boxers since 1990	Top 10 Mexican boxers of the last 20 years	10 Best Jewish Fighters of the last 40 years
Top 10 British fighters of the modern era	5 of the Worst Decisions in History	Top 5 Oscar De La Hoya Fights	Farhood's Top 10 Super Middleweight Fights
Angelo Dundee's Top 5 Fights	Top 5 Middleweights of the 1950s	Top 5 Welsh boxing performances ever	10 Boxers with the Craziest Win-Loss Records
Top 5 Recent Fighters You Had to Hate	Top 5 Forgotten Champions in Recent History	5 Best Quadrilogies in History

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Boxing's history is as rich and storied as any sport or competition that has ever existed throughout the world. In fact, when compared to many other sports, the history of boxing is not only lengthier, but even more prominent, while also being interwoven with culture, society and the people that inhabited it to a much higher degree. Today, it might seem funny to think about boxing as the biggest sport in the country, or that the best fighter in the world would also be the country's biggest celebrity, but these things and more were true of the sport at various points over the past 100 years.

The history of boxing dates back thousands of years, to the ancient Greeks at least, and extends upwards through its illegal days of bare-knuckle brawls lasting dozens of rounds and the thriving British underground scene, to the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry rules, the transformation of the sport to its modern form, its reign over the American sporting and entertainment kingdom, and its more niche role in today's sporting scene in the USA, with various hot-pockets of interest throughout the world.

Consider this your launching pad into boxing history, taking you through the ups and downs, biggest fighters and fights, and all of the rest of the juicy details of the history of boxing, the sweet science.

In addition to all of the boxing history articles covering eras of the sport in detail, what you'll also find on these pages is a collection of other articles, lists and columns pertaining to the sport and its past. So you'll find fantasy fights comparing boxing legends to modern day fighters, top 5 and top 10 lists about the best fighters of certain periods and weight classes, and many other interesting columns about everything revolving around the history of boxing.

So whether you want to fine-tune your knowledge of boxing history a bit, you want to relive the glory days, learn more about the sport's roots or anything else, view the above articles to dive into the history of boxing. We'll be adding more pages, eras and information as time goes on, and if you have any questions or requests for boxing historical information or anything else related to the history of boxing, just let us know!

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