Johnny Watterson: Growing sporting reputations bloom in Madison Square Garden
Ghosts inhabit corridors and dressing rooms of famous New York venue
Muhammad Ali’s last stand and the sad, sorry tale of Trevor Berbick’s demise
The Greatest’s last opponent saw his life unravel after a heavy beating by Mike Tyson
After a year of sporting famine, get ready for a high summer feast in 2021
Johnny Watterson looks at the year ahead as sport, like life, tries to get back to normal
The Irish Times view on Daniel Kinahan: Boxing looks away
Boxing has always been fixated with the unsavoury. Daniel Kinahan is the latest
Boxing world couldn’t care less about Kinahan’s background
Who writes the cheques has never been a concern for boxers
David McWilliams: Chinese are boxing clever by muscling in on Africa
By 2100, a quarter of all humans will be African, so China’s gamble could pay off
Don Elbaum and boxing’s ‘beautiful sickness’ a match made in heaven
Legendary promoter was part of Al ‘Blue’ Lewis’ camp when he fought Ali in Dublin
James Ryan impressed by Maro Itoje’s meteoric rise
Leinster and Saracens secondrows look as if they could dominate game for years
A story of Muhammad Ali, a tiny truck stop and an epic road trip
In 1983 Ali set off on a drive from Chicago to LA in a gold-plated 1978 Stutz Bearcat
History and rugby immortality beckon Joe Schmidt’s champions
Victory at Twickenham would see Ireland emulate Grand Slam teams of 1948 and 2009
Trump hits out at sports figures in Twitter rant
African-American athletes continually the focus of US president’s personal attacks
Tyson’s evolution one of US sport’s most compelling tales
One-time ‘baddest man on the planet’ surviving and thriving after all the wild years
When Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield: 20 years on
Second meeting between heavyweight greats came to a shocking end at the MGM Grand
America at Large: Lou Duva - a name synonymous with boxing’s golden era
New Yorker was corner man, trainer, manager and promoter with 19 world champions
Conor McGregor and the UFC: who will blink first?
Gloves off as world champion demands pay reflecting his vast worth to $4.2bn firm
Maureen Dowd: The New York reinvention of Donald and Hillary
The story of how Trump and Clinton rose is a tale of power, influence, class and ambition
‘As he once put it, Muhammad Ali was America’
Barack Obama among those to pay tribute to boxer at memorial service in Louisville
Thousands mourn Muhammad Ali at hometown service
Life of boxing legend, remembered in Louisville, a chance to ‘reset what Islam means’
Pat Lam excited by summit meeting with Leinster
The Connacht coach highlighted importance of squad ahead of make-or-break run
Deirdre Gogarty – a trailblazer who fought her corner
The girl from Mornington defied convention to pursue her world boxing title dream
Larry Holmes will always be the greatest in his hometown
Statue of the 66-year-old former heavyweight champion has just been erected in Easton
Spotlight falls on Andy Lee as Al Haymon returns boxing to the masses
Lee’s fight is being shown live on NBC and over three million viewers are expected to tune in
Libel tourism may become our newest cottage industry
Following UK reforms, Dublin may replace London as the defamation destination of choice
Rumble in the Jungle: 40 years on from Muhammad Ali’s crowning glory
‘Not a single respected critic spoke up for him. He was 40-1 with some bookmakers and nearly every expert feared for his safety against the monster that was Foreman’
Boxer Ken Norton who broke Ali’s jaw dies at age 70
Norton passes away in Arizona care facility after suffering congestive heart failure
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