There, on Page 431 of The Boxing Register (McBooks Press), was his picture. George Parnassus. He was a small man who talked softly. So softly you had to bend to hear. You had to go to him. The picture ...

In the frenzy that defines the 1996 Olympics, United States boxers are America’s forgotten team. NBC has elected not to show any live coverage of the boxing competition except for matches on weekend ...

Floyd Mayweather feels that the best thing about his boxing career was losing the semifinal bout at the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta. Mayweather dropped a very controversial decision to eventual ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DENVER—Some notable moments in women’s boxing history, according to the Women’s Boxing Archive Network: 1904—Women boxers demonstrate the sport at Olympic ...

There was a scene at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics when a small group of Canadian journalists surrounded national boxing team head coach Yvon Michel after his heavyweight, David Defiagbon, had qualified ...

19 Aug 1996: A general view of the festivities going on during the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Getty Images A pair of red boxing gloves were ...

Floyd Mayweather’s unblemished professional record and bulging bank account must have seemed a million miles away when he suffered defeat at the 1996 Olympic Games. Before he even became ‘Pretty Boy’ ...