Deontay Wilder is an imposing force in the ring: 6-foot-7, muscular and covered with tattoos. He started boxing three years ago, after his... Alabama Boxer Charts Unlikely Path to Olympics The ...

Alabama native and retired professional boxer and wrestler Eric Esch, otherwise known as “Butterbean,” has taken to social media this week to urge parents to demand policy changes from the Walker ...

HOOVER, Alabama -- Ross O'Malley has always loved dogs and especially boxers. "My roommate in college had a boxer puppy, and that was when I fell in love with the breed," said O'Malley, a resident of ...

MONTGOMERY -- Olympic bronze medalist Deontay Wilder of Tuscaloosa is undefeated as a professional boxer. But so far, none of those bouts have been in his home state.And they won't be unless the ...

FORT MITCHELL, AL (WTVM) - Boxing is one of the sports in the 2016 Rio Olympics with 286 competitors. A Fort Mitchell boxer was supposed to be in that number, but a rule change prevented him from ...

Heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder has fought in Beijing and domestic locales like Chicago and Cincinnati. Now, the Tuscaloosa native finally gets to fight in his hometown, at the junior college he once ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Listen 0:00 The nation's Olympic boxing hopes rest partly on the shoulders of an Alabama heavyweight who is a ...