From Ali to the Bayonne Bleeder: a brief history of heavyweight boxing’s battle scars
Strength, footwork and hand speed are vital attributes for a fighter. But it is often blood that decides who emerges from the ring victorious
January 2012
From the Guardian archive
Muhammad Ali at 70: How the 'Louisville Lip' became 'The Greatest'
Muhammad Ali, by his own admission the greatest man in the history of the human race, has outlived many of his boxing contemporaries to celebrate his 70th birthday
December 2011
From Seve to D'Oliveira: The sportsmen and women we lost in 2011
Colleagues and opponents remember the lives of those who died this year
