LOS ANGELES – It is with great sadness that Jesus Chavez and the Golden Boy Promotions family speaks on the passing of a courageous colleague and friend, former world lightweight champion Leavander ...

In June, sixteen years after turning professional, Leavander Johnson entered a ring in Italy to face Stefano Zoff for the vacant IBF lightweight title. This was not a unique occurrence for the ...

Former lightweight champion Leavander Johnson and his father/trainer, Bill Johnson, both Atlantic City natives, are members of the inaugural class of the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame. Created ...

ATLANTIC CITY - A man who was known for his iron jaw will soon be memorialized in bronze. Sculptor Brian Hanlon unveiled conceptual drawings of a privately funded bronze statue of former world boxing ...

LAS VEGAS - Leavander Johnson underwent brain surgery Saturday night after collapsing in his dressing room following his IBF lightweight title loss against challenger Jesus Chavez. Johnson's promoter ...