With Ali, boxing was chic. All smiles and flashes and a little cha-cha, with Frank Sinatra on the sidelines, it was one marvelous of all boxing highlights. But before that, before Ali had strutted shadowboxing for the stage, boxing was Mr. Grim.

Many dour Morse coders are busy trying to decipher telegraph codes as Joe Louis representing America tries to knock out Max Schmeling who would represent Germany and its face of Adolf Hitler.

And there was still, even before that, the Cinderella Man. And there was Jack Dempsey.

Boxing highlights is one of the most colorful highlights in history, even in a time when color of choice was still black and white.

It had represented every facet of man, from rags to riches, and riches to rags, from dedication to consternation, boxing highlights has seen them all.

Here are some of the best boxing highlights the world has experienced.

Yes, Joe Louis was one spectacular fighter, but it wasn’t his persona that made his 1938 contest against Max Schmeling one of the most important boxing highlights, it was what they would represent.

Are you fond of keepsakes that you tirelessly collect them every after activity that you deemed ahs a special meaning for you.

These mementos could be anything that can catch your fancy and you’re sure that will always bring back those old good memories. Whether they bring a tear or smile souvenirs are always worth keeping.

Boxing fans and aficionados are not to be outdone when it comes to collecting what-have-yous because they too must have already accumulated plenteous boxing memorabilia.

Fanatics of the sport of boxing and die-hard followers of some of the finest boxers to ever grace the boxing rings and shared the spotlight with countless others, have undeniably collected boxing memorabilia.

Even the tiniest torn ticket or the old worn out shirt are surely kept as part of their boxing memorabilia. Champion boxers too have their own share of keeping boxing memorabilia.

From the moment they had their first fight up to the very end that they finally hung their boxing gloves and put aside their boxing boots, boxing memorabilia will always be part of their career in boxing.

Undeniably no one can walk with life so prettily, unscathed, unfazed, and fearless. For the most of us must have gone through difficult stages that we all have to endure.While most of us were able to hurdle the obstacles successfully, some of us have to recover from the pains that they went through.

While some of us are able to up a wide smile, some are still mending a wounded soul. Such is the lesson of life that each one of us has to endure. As they say survival is the fittest.

Boxers since time immemorial have always been so aware that in order to survive above the ring they have to put on their best guard, put their best foot forward as they unleash their strength that they have nourished and mastered over the years.

Every inch of the way all the boxing lessons that they have learned from the start has to be utilized to their full advantage, lest their opponent will eat them alive at least figuratively.

Anyone who goes for a career in boxing that is also popularly known among pundits as a sweet science, has to learn the best boxing lessons also only from the best.

In the sweet science, names are created.

On the coarse white canvas ring, under harsh halogen lights, many men, to create names for themselves struggled to steady resolve amidst wavering knees. There are those that even with the firmest resolve and the strongest chin, could never hang on to that dream.

And there are those who, through sheer strength of will and an uncanny aptitude for the art, have strolled down the aisle to bask at the warm lights and carve their names on the pillars that make the boxing legends of the ring.

One might consider Muhammad Ali as the greatest boxing legends of the ring. And he certainly is the best boxer in his generation, with 56 wins (37 by KO) and 5 losses (3 of them were fought when he was already severely damaged).

He was the perfect boxing star, too, for his colorful nature and spunky attitude that perfectly fit the growing media, who by that time was still on the verge of widespread.

Inarguably Muhammad Ali is boxing’s poster boy. The right witticism in front of the media, compounded with a fierce prowess on the ring, and good looks, many have seen and knows who Ali is and once was.

Perhaps in the world of boxing, the best show is one where both fighters slug it out hard and seeks to put the other to sleep – even in the early rounds.

Nothing beats the feeling of watching the powerful punches hitting the face and the midsection of the boxers – and how each is trying to counter effectively to weaken the other as well.

But what could be more fun is seeing boxing knockouts on these exciting fights.  After a fury of exchanges by each side, and with a sudden powerful punch on the face, puts the other boxer hard to the canvas – with no more chance of getting back on his feet.

Such boxing knockouts are simply entertaining to watch – especially with all the hype prior the fight, where each may predict the other’s fatal end.  And like all the best fights, boxing knockouts are forthcoming, and at the end of it all, only one remains standing and getting the win.

Boxing knockouts are expected out of fights that feature powerful boxers.  Though not limiting only to the heavyweights, the boxers in the lighter divisions are just as able to put his opponent to slip.

It’s quizzically contradicting that people would go on rallies and public outcries over wars and slaughters but won’t bat an eyelash when viewing a boxing match, although less deadly but brutal and bloody nevertheless.

Well, the answer for this paradox maybe as elusive as the science of brain surgery, a thing closer to Freudian, but it could be that people dig boxing because of what it symbolizes.

The greatest moments of boxing are those greatest boxing knock outs the world has seen, another contradiction. Every boxer is judged by his ability through his boxing knock outs in proportion to the matches he has participated and won.

And by that people will cheer and fawn over those boxers that have the best boxing knock outs the world has ever seen.

Here are some of the best known boxing knock outs the world has seen.

When Muhammad Ali taunted a canvas ridden Sonny Liston during a controversial 1964 match in Maine, it became one of the best known boxing knock outs in history. It wasn’t the most glorious, however, and neither was the fight.

To those who love the sport so much, they will try to predict the boxing results of upcoming fights. They have successfully predicted many big fights before, there is no reason they will not be able to tell who wins – and who loses in the coming events.

The fans are really into the sport, and would love to watch bouts – especially those that involve their idols.

At times boxing results can indeed easily be guessed – as some boxers simply outclass the other in terms of their boxing records and their reputation inside the ring. The most aggressive and tough are usually feared, especially if they also have the skills to back their attitude.

Boxing results may favor those with heart, as these types of boxers never know the meaning of giving up.  No matter how beaten they already are and how hopeless the fight has become against their favor – they never lose hope and continue on.

Even with just pure grits, they manage to finish the fight with their heads unbowed. And at times, because of their persistence and determination – they are able unexpectedly come out with a win through a lucky punch that knocked the opponent out.

When speaking of Boxing Hall of Fame, almost anyone I meet will blurt out the name Muhammad Ali, or Larry Holmes, or George Foreman, or Joe Louis or Michael Spinks. Who’s to blame them since it was only expected.

During this era when these great boxers rose to prominence, was also fortunately the era media television was gaining expansive reach. And people saw them more than the great boxers of the recent generations.

There are also those boxers who once a time became pinnacles of the boxing sport, Boxing Hall of Fame inductees, but whose popularity isn’t as far reaching. Here are some of the Boxing Hall of Famers who didn’t make it much into the limelight.

John “Jack” Broughton can only be posthumously inducted into the Boxing Fall of Fame; since when he was at his brightest, the sport of boxing was still at its weaning stage.  He was a bare knuckle fighter, and was known to be undefeatable with strings of victory credited to his title.

But what made him the pioneer of the Boxing Hall of Fame was his London Prize Ring Rules, a set of rules governing the bare knuckle boxing of that time, which paved the way for the modern version of boxing.

Most of the big names in the world of boxing have probably come from the small boxing gyms that are both featured in reel and real life. These tiny rooms is where aspiring boxers cramped and trained so hard to become the next big thing that will ever happen to the sport of boxing.

Undeniably, boxing is the sport for the poor. This observation is a commonplace in the four corners of the boxing all over the world. It is no wonder then that the state of boxing gyms is that of poverty stricken condition.

It is believed that the dismal picture of boxing gyms helped prepares the boxers to be both mentally tougher and physically stronger that are both deemed important in the tricky and deceiving real world of boxing.

Boxing gym owners don’t earn that much as far as financial aspect is concerned. Expectedly boxers especially the neophytes could barely earn from their initial fights.

Nonetheless the owners still opens their boxing gym doors to these boxers with the hope that one of them could make it big, thus giving them the monetary gain they so long deserve.

Being one of the well regarded sports, it’s only natural that gaming has seen a wealth of Boxing Games. Even on the old game machines like MAME, Atari, Commodore, Sega and Playstation, boxing games have successes in game titles.

Newer generations and newer machines, boxing games are still being produced. While some aren’t as convincing and interesting as the actual sport, there are others that are made interesting not with realism but by twists in the gameplay.

There are many boxing games available, including those in the past that are playable by today’s standards. Ultimately, it leaves you a title on the system you own. So without further ado, here are the best known titles for boxing games.

Title Bout Championship Boxing

Release Date: Dec 8, 2003

Title Bout Championship Boxing is different than most of the crop of boxing games. It takes a leaf from the critically acclaimed Championship Manager games and delivers a boxing simulation, with you as a manager, cut man, and corner man.

And as a final twist, you can get to have any boxer regardless of generation under your wing. So that means you can take the Brown Bomber to a challenge against today’s contemporaries like Larry Holmes and Evander Holyfield.