Earnie Shavers, who earned a reputation as the hardest puncher in the game during a golden era of heavyweight boxing in the 1970s, died Thursday, a day after he turned 78. The cause of death is ...

The title of "The Baddest Man on the Planet" has been bestowed on many a heavyweight champion in boxing history. At his peak, it was hard to argue that George Foreman did anything but live up to that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver’s Ron Lyle, the son of a preacher father and missionary mother who brawled with the best during a golden age of boxing heavyweights, died Saturday ...

Earnie Shavers died Thursday, one day after his 78th birthday. (Getty Images) Earnie Shavers, who earned a reputation as the hardest puncher in the game during a golden era of heavyweight boxing in ...