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Byline: MEXICO CITY; ASSOCIATED PRESS Israel Vazquez, the Mexican fighter who won three bantamweight world titles, has died at 46. World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman announced the death on [...]

He won the World Boxing Association title in 1983, became a symbol of racial comity and showed a surprising gentleness in public. Gerrie Coetzee, a South African heavyweight boxing champion [...]

He defended Donald Trump, Sean Combs, Bono, the Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels and mob figures with wit and verve. Jay Goldberg, a former boxer from Brooklyn who nimbly transmuted [...]

He won 68 bouts by knockout and fought some of the biggest names in boxing. He lasted 15 rounds against Muhammad Ali. But he never won a championship. Earnie Shavers, [...]

He was a North End hero ''not because he's the greatest prizefighter in the world, which he isn't,'' a sportswriter wrote, ''but because he's so damned courageous.'' Tony De Marco, [...]

Byline: Kevin B. Blackistone There was much anticipation on a Tuesday evening in November 1982 at the Baltimore Civic Center. There, Sugar Ray Leonard, the pride of Palmer Park, Md. [...]

One of the most formidable boxers of his era, Hagler defended his title 12 times before losing to Sugar Ray Leonard in a 1987 split decision. Marvelous Marvin Hagler, who [...]

Byline: Gene Wang Marvin Hagler's death Saturday at 66, which was announced by his wife, Kay, on the Facebook page for fans of the fighter who legally changed his name [...]

Byline: TIM DAHLBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS -- Lead Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title [...]

Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS -- Lead Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died after battling prostate and other cancers. He was 67. Spinks died Friday night, according [...]

He was an Olympic champion with few pro fights under his belt when he surprised the world by beating the champ in 1978. Things did not go smoothly after that. [...]

Byline: Matt Schudel Leon Spinks, who unexpectedly defeated Muhammad Ali to win the world heavyweight boxing championship in 1978, only to lose his title seven months later and become something [...]

Byline: TOM WITHERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND -- Lead Pete Rademacher, who won a boxing gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and fought Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title in [...]

After winning gold, Rademacher concocted a scheme to take on Floyd Patterson, the world heavyweight champion. When Pete Rademacher won the gold medal in heavyweight boxing at the 1956 Summer [...]

A five-time Italian heavyweight champion, he was a well-known figure in his northern Italian town. He died of the novel coronavirus. This obituary is part of a series about people [...]

A fighter, trainer, cutman and manager, he once owned both a bar and a gym. Only the bar survives. He died of coronavirus complications. This obituary is part of a [...]

Arriving from Mexico, he found his calling outside the ring and attracted a following of clients with different backgrounds and goals. This obituary is part of a series about people [...]

Pernell Whitaker, a left-handed defensive master in the boxing ring who won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics and became a champion in four weight classes as a [...]

Byline: Harrison Smith Pernell Whitaker, a nimble Virginia boxer known as perhaps the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of his generation and a defensive ring artist whose genius for dodging punches, helped [...]

Bert Cooper, a powerful ring brawler who was the first professional boxer to knock down Evander Holyfield -- although he went on to lose their heavyweight championship bout -- died [...]

Eusebio Pedroza, a Panamanian boxer with a sharp jab and a reputation for dirty tactics who successfully defended the World Boxing Association featherweight title 19 times over seven years, died [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]ASSOCIATED PRESSDavid Defiagbon, the last Canadian boxer to win an Olympic medal, has died at the age of 48.The Clark County Coroner Office in Las Vegas said Mr. Defiagbon [...]

Karl Mildenberger, a top German boxer whose most notable fight was a bloody 12th-round loss in 1966 to Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title, died on Oct. 5 in [...]

Karl Mildenberger, a top German boxer whose most notable fight was a bloody 12th-round loss in 1966 to Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title, died on Oct. 5 in [...]

Byline: Andrew Wolfson Louisville Courier-Journal | USA TODAY NETWORK It was a sad sight: Stripped of his crown, the former heavyweight champion of the world was reduced to making a [...]