Many who knew Harry Reid well will describe him as a fighter. But did you know that before becoming a politician, Reid was an amateur boxer who became a lifelong fan and advocate for the sport?

The political landscape is littered with those who underestimated the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada. People forget that Reid was a boxer, a U.S. Capitol Police officer and ...

For a time during his youth, Harry Reid was a middleweight amateur boxer. But last week, the Senate minority leader faced an unexpected bout with some exercise equipment. In a video released by ...

In the coming months, it will probably be useful to remember that as a young man, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) spent some time as an amateur middleweight boxer. Reid understands one reason his job ...

LAS VEGAS — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said it was his official duty to attend boxing matches in Nevada and that he did nothing wrong when he accepted complimentary ringside seats from a ...

Sen. Harry Reid has forged some unorthodox alliances to better fight for his pet issues. But a new partnership with former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson is arguably his most unexpected coupling yet.

Harry Reid is going to retire. What a humbling ending for his career. Injured in a treadmill accident, tossed from his majority leader role, Reid will go back to Nevada. The former boxer is ...

Former Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, a "tough-as-nails" boxer both in the ring and the Senate Chamber, has died at the age of 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer ...

Harry M. Reid, the amateur boxer from a tiny mining town who clawed his way to the top of the national political ladder in Washington, never showed any sign of fear. But Friday, as he announced ...

He once called President George W. Bush a "liar" and a "loser." He suggested in public, based on rather obviously false rumors, that Mitt Romney paid no federal income taxes. He repeatedly used ...

A former professional gambler, a taxi company magnate, a telecommunications lobbyist, and a giant tobacco company are among the top lifetime givers to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, 70, of Nevada, ...