Carmine “Nick” Barone, 79, who fought Ezzard Charles for the world heavyweight boxing title in 1950, died Sunday in Syracuse, N.Y. The cause of death was not announced. Barone, known as “the Fighting ...

Alphonse Halimi, 74, a former world bantamweight boxing champion from France who was nicknamed “The Little Terror,” died of pneumonia Nov. 12 in Paris. He had Alzheimer’s disease. The Algerian-born ...

Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 24, 1950: Welterweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson is interviewed after arriving by train in Frankfurt for his Christmas night fight against Hans Stretz. At right are ...

A medal awarded to Ezzard Charles by The Ring Magazine for the year 1950. The medal consists of a top plate that reads [The / RING / FIGHTER OF THE YEAR / AWARD], below which hang two chains, the ends ...

Jack O'Connor, who died at age 83 on Monday, was a boxing pioneer in Rochester. He grew up in Rochester, boxed for the Lourdes boxing team as a youth and later was one of the founders of the Silver ...