Light Heavyweight

Gus Lesnevich was a tough light heavyweight who captured the 175 lbs championship on the eve of the Second World War. After serving his country during the war, he picked up his career and continued to reign as champ for some years.

The light heavyweight division is replacing its aging stars with young talent, but there's still one old-timer stubbornly holding on to the torch.

I will be writing a segment of every (or at least most of them) division in Boxing and giving hardcore fans, and casual fans a look into what is going on in the division. Who are contenders, pretenders, etc

A profile of New Mexico's Bob Foster, the greatest boxer to come out of that state, and one of the best light heavyweights of all time.

Fighter info. and winning picks for the UFC 98 event. Fights include Rashad Evans v. Lyoto Machida, Matt Hughes v. Matt Serra and Sean Sherk v. Frankie Edgar.

UFC's Light heavyweight division has a class of fighters unlike any other in the organization. With so many championship caliber fighters, what's the organization to do in the coming months?

An obituary of boxer Jose Torres.

With Jones - Trinidad now a part of Madison Square Garden history, Hopkins - Calzaghe in the works, Dawson - Johnson in the going and finally Tarver - Woods added into the mix!

After a year of stunning upsets, UFC 76 may take the cake when it comes to shockers. The Light Heavyweight division is a mess at the moment and this event has a great deal to do about it.

With three of the top five Light Heavyweight fighters in the world being 30 years old or over there will be room at the top of the rankings for young fighters in the near future. Here are some fighters to keep an eye on in the Light Heavyweight division.

A look at the career of the unbeaten former World champion

Last week, Bernard Hopkins fought Kelly Pavlick, middleweight champion and hottest new star in Boxing. Everybody said that Hopkins had no chance and might even get knocked out for the first time in his career.