And millions of Americans listened to the boxing match in nineteen twenty-six between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.

VOA: special.2010.12.30

George Foreman, the former heavyweight boxing champ, has five sons and five daughters.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Dickie's boxing career was cut short by his addiction to drugs.

VOA: special.2011.02.21

He held both the lightweight and middleweight college boxing championships.

VOA: special.2011.04.20

He played boxing champion Jake La Motta.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

"You start hearing that bad kid telling the next kid, 'That's not the right way,'" The boxing gym unites young people from across Washington.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

"My uncle - the best person, like,he used to go with me to boxing fights because I was a boxer and he used train me."

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

No one wants to miss a day of training at Keely's Boxing and Youth Center.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

"It focuses them and makes them buckle down and do the right things in life." At 25, Thompson fought his way to become World Lightweight Boxing Champion.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Teaching boxing and, more importantly, discipline to inner-city youth.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

In the ring, Thompson doesn't just teach boxing.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29