Rather than being handed out, the heavyweight crown is usually taken, and more often than not, by an American. These fighters made headlines, shook nations, and turned boxing into a global spectacle.

George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night.

It’s been a long time — actually a loooong time — since American fighters dominated boxing’s heavyweight division. Go back almost 30 years to the mid-1990s when Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and ...

George Foreman, world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist who later became an entrepreneur known for the indoor grills that bore his name, died Friday at 76. "Our hearts are broken," ...

Anthony Joshua was 27 pounds heavier than Jake Paul at their weigh-in before Friday night's fight but it isn't the biggest ...

George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night.

March 21 (UPI) --George Foreman, a two-time heavyweight boxing champion, the second time at age 45, died Friday in his hometown Houston, his family said. He was 76. Foreman, who was known as "Big ...

Former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman died Friday, his family announced through his Instagram account. He was 76 years old. No cause of death was provided. He was described as having ...

There is one key thing that separates heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) from his peers, according to Daniel Lapin, the 11-0 (4 KOs) light heavyweight who has known the Ukrainian since ...

The boxing champ won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics. Former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, known as much for his gregarious personality as his vicious right hook, died Friday. He was ...