Tag Archives: IMMORTAL

A couple of years ago, in a summary about the history of the middleweight division, we mentioned one of the brightest names in the category: Stanley Ketchel. He lived a stormy and tragic life that ended in murder — shot dead by a jealous husband at just 24 years old. …

Ukrainian southpaw Oleksandr Usyk secured on Saturday a niche in the temple of boxing immortals by defeating Englishman Tyson Fury by a narrow yet unquestionable split decision at the Kingdom arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A memorable victory that inscribes him in the history books as the first unified heavyweight …