A century ago, Yankee Stadium opened, beginning a Golden Age that would last a half-century. In 1923, there were two professional sports that mattered, baseball and prizefighting. While the New York ...

Every September 14th, Argentina commemorates "Boxer's Day" to honor the men and women who have been part of the boxing world.

After Argentina won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, videos of fans’ roar at the final whistle went around the world on social media. In 1923, the internet didn’t exist, but when the Palacio Barolo lighthouse ...

Dempsey, 28, is slightly more than four months Firpo’s senior. Jack was born June 28, 1895; Luis, Oct. 29, 1895. Jack Reams (Dempsey manager): “There is a lot of people I’d rather be than Firpo when ...

Jack Dempsey and Luis Firpo engage in one of the most exciting bouts in boxing history. Dempsey survives two knockdowns, including one in which he is knocked clear out of the ring by the Argentinean, ...

It lasted only 237 seconds. There were 12 knockdowns. The two fighters were forever immortalized. One hundred years later, the Jack Dempsey-Luis Angel Firpo fight remains a classic. On Sept. 14, 1923, ...