The Irish Times

Louis and Robinson may have died broke but their legacy is timeless

Former champions Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson both died on April 12th

Mon Apr 12 2021 - 06:00

Raging Bull’s gut-wrenching violence is even more shocking today

There’s no redemption, but there is dark magic at work in Scorsese and De Niro’s film

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 06:45

Bundini Brown: The man who invented ‘float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’

New book recounts the life and times of Muhammad Ali’s famous cornerman

Wed Aug 12 2020 - 17:00

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

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 12:00

Hugh McIlvanney obituary: ‘The best sportswriter of his era’

A pre-eminent sports journalist who strove for perfection and was dedicated to the facts

Fri Jan 25 2019 - 16:29

Sporting Obituaries 2017: Remembering those we lost

From Ryan McBride to Willie Duggan to Jimmy Magee and many more along the way

Fri Dec 29 2017 - 06:00

Former middleweight boxing champ who lived up to his Raging Bull name

Giacobbe ‘Jake’ LaMotta, boxer: born, July 10th, 1921; died, September 19th, 2017

Sat Sept 30 2017 - 00:31

‘THE RING Magazine, that’s the one’ - Carl Frampton named Fighter of the Year

The Belfast-born fighter is the first Irishman to win the award, and only the fifth European

Tue Jan 17 2017 - 20:01

Muhammad Ali: the man who became king of the world

In modern culture, few figures have been as popular and for as long as the late boxer

Sun Jun 05 2016 - 20:29

Kevin Mitchell: Roy Jones’s lack of an exit strategy is alarming

Former great is risking it all in his reluctance to leave the ring’s roar

Tue Dec 15 2015 - 15:15

Floyd Mayweather: Manny Pacquiao ‘looked shocked’ when he saw me in Miami

American fighter believes he detected an element of concern in his rival after chance meeting at basketball game

Sat Apr 25 2015 - 13:40

Sporting Advent Calendar #21: Andy Lee’s world title dream finally comes true

Johnny Watterson on the Vegas fight that saw the Limerick middleweight silence the doubters

Sun Dec 21 2014 - 12:53

Electricity review: firing on all synapses

Fri Dec 12 2014 - 06:00

Famed Brewster boxing gym going to the wall

Original fight club that produced Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson will be lost to Detroit and the world

Thu Aug 14 2014 - 06:00

Raging calf Moore still has learning to do

Leinster’s superior work-rate told against Castres, but can’t disguise the fall off in their attacking game

Fri Oct 25 2013 - 09:00