Bare-knuckle boxing was banned for more than a century. Now, Native fighters like Leo “Bushido” Bercier are helping others get in the ring.

BISMARCK — Out of all the sparkling medals, belts and titles, winning the 48th North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award means the most to Virgil Hill, a Native American professional boxer ...

BROWNING, MT. — The murder rate for Native American women is 10 times higher than the rate for non-indigenous women. One man started a program to stop young girls on his reservation from becoming ...

WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Waterbury’s Mike Kimbel used to drive by the Palace Theater as a kid, but never went in. On ...

A boxer from Maryland is one of two Americans who recently won world titles, which no American had won since 2007. “It’s like, I did it. All this hard work paid off. World champion,” Jahmal Harvey ...

Gov. Doug Burgum presented the North Dakota Rough Rider Award to Hill, fittingly, in a boxing ring in the main arena at the Bismarck Event Center, where Hill fought so many of his big bouts. Gathering ...

At only 10 years old, Woodland native and boxing prodigy Madelyn Salas is already proving herself as one of the top young boxers in the country. Salas recently added another major national title to ...

As a professional boxer, Jason Gavern travels all over the world to get in a ring and take on opponents. He has fought in arenas from California to Germany and Florida to Las Vegas. But he enjoys ...

As Joe Leonard drove home with his older brother, Brian Leonard Jr., who spent weekdays battling a severe fentanyl addiction at the rehab center and weekends staying with Joe, an idea formed. With ...

Blake Baldi learned how to grapple with competitive challenges as a wrestler at Notre Dame High School in Peoria. The Peoria native has gone on to a career that packs a punch, though, as head coach of ...

>> SINCE SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THE BOXER IN THIS NEXT STORY HAS FOUND SOLACE IN THE GYM. AND AS KOAT 7 SPORTS ANCHOR, BETHANY MILLER, SHOWS US IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS >> SHE MAY ...