Ranks are what boxing is all about. They can come in different ways: crowning a single champion in a weight-class, compiling lists of contenders, selecting mandatory challengers for reigning ...

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, freeing its many republics to go their separate ways, the start of a new era in boxing was initiated. The Soviets and their Eastern European satellites had ...

Lewis Grizzard once wrote, “Elvis is dead; and I don’t feel so good myself.” Judging by the attitudes of most boxing fans towards the current state of the Heavyweight division, that quote is ...

Goodwill Games champions Nshan Munchian and Israel Akopkohian will highlight the Soviet boxing roster for the USA-Soviet dual at Sea World on Tuesday night. The dual is part of a 20th anniversary ...