Vernon Forrest sits with his manager Charles Watson during a news conference to announce the welterweight championship fight between Mosley and...
Sugar Ray Robinson crushes Kid Gavilan to retain the welterweight title in 1949. Born in Detroit, Mich., on May 3 Robinson began fighting...
Following the signing for their Dec. 10 welterweight title bout, boxers Emile Griffith and Manny Gonzalez are joined by other boxing luminaries at...
Emile Griffith vs Benny Paret, Benny Paret lies helpless against ropes as flailing fists of Emile Gfriffith batter him into unconsciousness during...
Emile Griffith vs Benny Paret, Benny Paret lies helpless against ropes as flailing fists of Emile Gfriffith batter him into unconsciousness during...
Former welterweight champion Tony Demarco tags lightweight champ Bud Smith with a sharp left in the 2nd round of their scheduled 10-rounder at...
Montreal, Canada: Sugar Ray Leonard looks like one mean dude as he throws a hard right at challenger Roberto Duran during their WBC welterweight...
Mickey Walker, former world's Welterweight and Middleweight Champion, who then made the switch fighting as a Heavyweight prepares for his upcoming...
Boxer Jack Britton was the first three-time world welterweight boxing champion. Born William J. Breslin in Clinton, New York, his professional career...
Young Jack Thompson, the world welterweight champion starts training for his fight verse Tommy Freeman, in Cleveland, Ohio, September 3, 1930.
Portrait of American welterweight boxing champion Aaron Pryor, with arms raised and wearing his championship belt, New York, 1980s.
World welterweight champion Canadian Lou Boruillard does a bit of unequal sparring with Romanian heavyweight boxer Gogea Mitu, the world's tallest...
Joey Klein takes a right uppercut from the glove of Jed Black in their ten round welterweight fight at St Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, April...
Portrait of Cuban welterweight boxer Kid Gavilan smiles as he poses with a rack of gloves while training for a bout, Summit, New Jersey, March 11,...
Sugar Ray Leonard, , and Roberto Duran, , are shown during a welterweight bout at the Olympic Stadium.
Cuban welterweight Isaac Logart, white trunks, trades punches with Virgil Akins as they both send rights to the head in the opening round of their...
Dr. Harold Kleinman takes the blood pressure and temperature of Isaac Logart, Cuban welterweight, after the latter decisioned Virgil Akins at the...
Cuba's sensation Isaac Logart connects with a long right which jars the mouthpiece of Ramon Fuentes in the ninth round of their welterweight bout at...
Defending welterweight champ Carmen Basilio ducks attack by challenger Johnny Saxton during the 12th round of the title bout here March 14. Saxton...
Palmer Park, Md.: Former world welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard spars for a possible fight with world middleweight champion Marvin Hagler....
New York, New York: At the moment, Gypsy Joe Harris appears to be getting the worst of it as welterweight champion Curtis Cokes tags him with a left...
Blow from the glove of world Welterweight challenger Jose Napoles sends Curtis Cokes against the ropes here. Napoles won the match and welterweight...
Welterweight Title Match: Oakland Calif.: Curtis Cokes of Dallas, Texas scores with a hard right to the head of Charley Shipes of Hayward, Calif., in...
Oakland, Calif.: Welterweight Champion Curtis Cokes, Dallas, Tex., stands on scales as Bob Turley , Calif. State Boxing Commission, calls out his...
Welterweight Joey Klein pursues bruised and battered Gerald Dreyer in the seventh round of their scheduled ten rounder at the Eastern Parkway Arena...
Here is a bit of action from the tenth and final round of the middleweight match between Young Corbett of Fresno, former world's welterweight...
Defending welterweight champion Carmen Basilio trades punches with challenger Johnny Saxton during the third round of their title bout here, March...
Johnny Saxton, the new welterweight champion of the world, is lifted off the floor by his jubilant handlers following his 15 round decision over...
Paris, France- World welterweight boxing champion "Sugar" Ray Robinson gives up before the threatening rights of the Bernards, a song and dance team...
Joe Louis, heavyweight champion of the world, visited Henry Armstrong, holder of the lightweight and welterweight titles, during Henry's last workout...
Barney Ross, who successfully defended his welterweight title against Cerefino Garcia at the Polo Grounds Carnival of Champions, last night, is...
Fritzie Zivic, the Pittsburgh fighter who lifted the welter-weight crown from the battered head of Henry Armstrong by a decision in the fifteen round...
Champion Henry Armstrong and Fritzie Zivic weighing in for their 15-round welterweight title bout at Madison Square Garden. Armstrong at 145 1/2 held...
Chicago: Trainer Mundito Medina holds up hand of welterweight champ Kid Gavilan following title match 2/11, in which Gavilan defeated Chuck Davey to...
Trinidad middleweight and light heavyweight Yolande Pompee and his compatriot, welterweight Hector Constance, a welterweight seeking a U.S. Match,...
Carmen Basilio stands over Tony DeMarco after flooring him with a barrage of lefts and rights in the 12th round of their welterweight championship...
Carmen Basilio is pushed away by referee Mel Manning after successfully defending his welterweight title with a technical knockout in the 12th round...
Del Flanagan, second-ranking welterweight challenger from Minneapolis, whips up a batch of lasagna in San Francisco while killing time prior to his...
Doubting the solid qualities of welterweight champ Kid Gavilan's noggin, challenger Johnny Saxton peers through the left ear of the Cuban Keed as Dr....
Morris Reif of Brooklyn got in this hard right to the side of Beau Jack's jaw right in the first round of their Garden fight. The welterweight...
Beau Jack, flashy Augusta, Georgia, fighter and leading contender for the welterweight crown is pictured in midair from the momentum of a miss in the...
Former welterweight champ Kid Gavilan has his hair stood on end by a right punch from gangly Bobby Dykes during their 10-round bout in Miami, March...
Los Angeles, California: Jimmy McLarnin, Vancouver welterweight, has settled down to serious training for his title bout with Young Corbett at Los...
Los Angeles, California- Tommy Ryan, former boxing champion, and Jimmy McLarin, welterweight contender, compare fists in the office of the California...
New York, New York- Announcer Johnnie Addie raises the hand of the new welterweight champion after Kid Gavilan outboxed Johnny Bratton at Madison...
New York, NY- Italy's Nino Benvenuti staggers on the ropes after taking a long right on the side of the head from Emile Griffith in round four of...
Pompton Lakes, NJ-In Joe Louis' corner at Pompton Lakes,where he is training to regain the crown he gave up for temporary retirement,we find a champ...
Summit, NJ- Since Chuck Davey is a fast-moving ring opponent, welterweight champion Kid Gavilan figured that he'd better include a bike-rider in his...
Palm Springs, CaliforniaMarvin Hagler works out at his training camp in Palm Springs, recently, for his April 6th fight with the former welterweight...
Philadelphia, PA- State Boxing Commissioner Leon Raines watches as welterweight champion Ray Robinson hands a pen to Cuban challenger Kik Gavilan....
New York, NY- Kid Gavilan of Cuba grimaces during exchange of blows with welterweight champion Ray Robinson of New York during their ten-round,...
New York, NY- Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson take outside places at the ring as...
New York, NY- Welterweight champion Ray Robinson of New York blocks a left thrown by Kid Gavilan of Cuba during their ten-round, non-title match at...
New York, NY- Henry Armstrong aids vanquished champion Barney Ross to his corner after handing him a fifteen round lacing to cop his welterweight...
Jersey City, NJ: Welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson slips through Charley Fusari's guard and delivers a right to the jaw in their scheduled...