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Nov. 10, 1983: Hagler vs Duran

Since finally winning the world middleweight title in 1980 and firmly establishing himself as one of the best boxers on the planet, Marvelous Marvin Hagler had been like ...
On November 10, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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June 12, 1989: Hearns vs Leonard II

Their first meeting in 1981, one of the biggest fights in boxing history, was called “The Showdown,” an appellation which made sense given that each held one of ...
On June 12, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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“A Moment I Will Never Forget”: Interview With Ray Leonard

Thirty-one years ago it was one of the biggest fights in boxing history and one of the most controversial. Sugar Ray vs Marvelous Marvin. Hagler vs Leonard. Few fights ...
On April 7, 2018 / By Thad Moore
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Hagler: On His Own Terms

It remains to this day one of the more controversial fights in boxing history. No, there was no long count. Nor was there the sudden appearance of a ...
On April 6, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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Switching Stances With Marvin Hagler

For close to a full decade, Marvelous Marvin Hagler was part of any discussion about the best fighter in the game, pound-for-pound. Quick, powerful, ruthless and clever, he ...
On September 24, 2016 / By Lee Wylie

The Fight City

Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.

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