LOS ANGELES – It is with great sadness that Jesus Chavez and the Golden Boy Promotions family speaks on the passing of a courageous colleague and friend, former world lightweight champion Leavander ...

Boxing is a sport that prides itself on technique, skill and guile as much as it does on toughness, ruthlessness and brutality. The men who step through the ropes demand respect and most often are ...

Former lightweight champion Leavander Johnson and his father/trainer, Bill Johnson, both Atlantic City natives, are members of the inaugural class of the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame. Created ...

ATLANTIC CITY - A man who was known for his iron jaw will soon be memorialized in bronze. Sculptor Brian Hanlon unveiled conceptual drawings of a privately funded bronze statue of former world boxing ...

LAS VEGAS - Leavander Johnson underwent brain surgery Saturday night after collapsing in his dressing room following his IBF lightweight title loss against challenger Jesus Chavez. Johnson's promoter ...