Miami - Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan has died at the age of 77. He was one of the first members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.Gavilan became a star and television regular in ...

“Beauty, power, greatness, perfection — Sugar Ray Robinson was the best,” said Sugar Ray Leonard . Take a moment to comprehend the caliber of the men giving Robinson such high praise. Some of the ...

Harlem’s Sugar Ray Robinson, welterweight (147 Ibs.) champion of the world, danced in his corner almost unnoticed. All eyes in Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium were on the challenger, Cuba’s Gerardo ( ...

Basilio's ferocious battles with the likes of Billy Graham and Kid Gavilan riveted a nation during the age of black-and-white television. Hindered on his ascent by a reluctance to deal with mobsters, ...

MIAMI (AP) -- Bobby Dykes, a boxer in the 1940s and 1950s who fought Kid Gavilan and Sugar Ray Robinson, died at 77. He died Wednesday in his Coral Gables home, son-in-law Harry Roberts said. Dykes ...

Bobby Dykes, a veteran of 146 boxing matches who took on Kid Gavilan in the first ever match between black and white fighters in Miami, died Wednesday in Coral Gables, Fla. He was 77. Dykes, a native ...

MIAMI, Feb. 14 -- Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan, one of the first members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, has died. He was 77. Gavilan died Thursday of a heart attack at a Miami ...