Back in 1879 there was a local tavernkeeper named Dan Dwyer who, in addition to fighting for the Union Army at the Battle of Antietam, had also done a little prizefighting in his day. That day had ...

In 1812, Spanish officials in Havana, searching the house of a man named José Antonio Aponte, discovered a wooden box hidden in a clothing trunk, opened it, and were stunned by what they found inside.

It was oven-hot inside the arena, and that was before the fight began. The building’s air-conditioning had already lost the undercard against the tropical sun, and the air was thick with humidity.