Sometimes a person lives too long to be remembered. Jimmy McLarnin, one of the great little men in boxing, was one of those people. He died Oct. 28 in Richland, Wash. He was 96. This man of boxing … ...

Jimmy "Baby Face" McLarnin, a two-time welterweight boxing champion in an era when each weight division had only one titleholder, has died.

MANILA – Exactly 100 years ago, the Philippines lost a national hero not in war or politics, but in the squared ring of sport ...

Jimmy’s knockout of Louis (Kid) Kaplan at the Chicago Coliseum in 1927 was a see-saw thriller, in which McLarnin learned a lot about his own resolve and resilience.

Just minutes from where the 9,300-year-old remains of Kennewick man were unearthed lives another compelling artifact from an earlier era: 91-year-old Jimmy McLarnin, the oldest living boxing champ ...

In Madison Square Garden’s outdoor bowl Welterweight Jimmy McLarnin entered the ring first, laced up his gloves.

In Madison Square Garden, Dynamite Jimmy McLarnin lashed his famous right, his jolting left against the long scarred face of Billy Petrolle, called by admirers “The Fargo Express” because he ...

The fight he enjoyed telling about most was Tony Canzoneri against Jimmy McLarnin in 1936. This was to be the fight everybody wanted; a dream match since both had great followings.

Jimmy “Babyface” McLarnin, who died October 28 at age 96 in Richland, Wash., was twice world welterweight boxing champion before retiring to enjoy financial security all too unusual among former ...