Years ago, after one rash of ban-boxing sentiment erupted, the late Red Smith wrote: “They are wrong, of course, those who think boxing can be legislated out of existence.

And on Wednesday, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Lewis and challenger Golota arrived at Chicago’s Planet Hollywood to build interest in their Oct. 4 title fight in Atlantic City.

ATLANTIC CITY The Riddick Bowe jokes were present and accounted for, the “three-fight losing streak, two to Andrew Golota and one to the Marines,” as fight manager Lou Duva said yesterd… ...

In a boxing ring (or a regulation bar fight), you can punch and even head-butt (Tyson said he bit as a reaction to Holyfield’s head-butting). But if you bite, you’re an animal.

In “Boxing” (powerHouse, 101 pp., $49.95), Fink’s second book of photographs, he does what he did in his first, “Social Graces,” which features shots of his rural, feisty neighbors in ...

It was a New York day for boxing, starting with Keith Mullings, upset conqueror of Terry Norris, being honored in Brooklyn and former Daily News Golden Gloves champions Kevin Kelley and Junior Jone… ...

And there was the night in 1997 when Mike Tyson self-destructed and tried to take the storied sport down with him. The night he bit off a piece of champion Evander Holyfield’s right ear.

A bout with bulimia and depression almost knocked out former boxer Michael A. Nazario, who once sparred with Hector Camacho, Razor Ruddock and Robert “Little Joe” Daniels. But Nazario, … ...

Iremember the night vividly, a cold wintry Saturday in 1990. I was ready to depart one of my favorite stops when the television caught my eye. The strains of an HBO sporting event blared from the c… ...