ESPN Classic Boxing

Joe Louis (left) and Max Schmeling (right) shake hands before their heavyweight championship bout in 1938.

ESPN Classic is your new home for vintage boxing. Relive all the great boxing matches from Ali, Liston, Frazier, etc. every weeknight at 8 pm ET with re-airs at 12 am ET.

ESPN Classic's newest series, Ringside, is a monthly six-hour special (airing on Saturdays with Sunday encore showings) that brings viewers original footage of classic fights, interspersed with added context, perspective, stories and analysis from some of the most notable personalities in boxing. Hosted by ESPN's Brian Kenny and venerable writer and historian Bert Randolph Sugar, the original Ringside segments are filmed on location from the legendary Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn (where boxers Muhammad Ali, Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran and many others have trained).

Upcoming Ringside premiere episodes include:
Sat., May 20, 12 pm ET - Joe Louis
Sat., June 17, 12 pm ET - Rocky Marciano
Sat., July 22, 12 pm ET - George Foreman

This great new series is a can't miss! How can you actually enjoy todays boxing if you don't first learn your boxing history?