Bobby Dykes, 77, a boxer in the 1940s and ‘50s who fought Kid Gavilan and Sugar Ray Robinson, died Wednesday of Lou Gehrig’s disease at his home in Coral Gables, Fla., his son-in-law Harry Roberts ...

MIAMI, Feb. 14 -- Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan, one of the first members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, has died. He was 77. Gavilan died Thursday of a heart attack at a Miami ...

Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan, one of the first members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, died at age 77. Gavilan died Thursday of a heart attack at a Miami hospital, said Rebekah ...

Charles Pierce (“Chuck”) Davey is well educated (an M.A. in education from Michigan State), well built (147 Ibs., 5 ft. 8½ in.), and he was well ballyhooed as an up & coming boxer. Turning pro in 1949 ...

Carmen Basilio is a swaggering young (26) ex-marine with the biceps of a riveter and the combative instincts of a Brahma bull. As a prizefighter, he has won 36 out of 51 professional fights, and out ...

Miami - Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan has died at the age of 77. He was one of the first members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.Gavilan became a star and television regular in ...