No matter where you place Marvelous Marvin Hagler in a ranking of the best middleweights of all-time, no one can dispute the fact few boxers have dominated a division ...
On January 13, 2021 / By Michael CarbertPerhaps few people at the time realized it, but the title match between Wilfred “Radar” Benitez and Sugar Ray Leonard at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas constituted an extremely ...
On November 30, 2020 / By Robert PortisIn 1982, after being treated for a detached retina, Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. Two years later he attempted a comeback, which was quickly aborted after an ...
On November 7, 2020 / By Michael CarbertBack in 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler threw down in a highly-advertised middleweight championship fight in Las Vegas, a glorious spectacle which captured the attention ...
On October 9, 2020 / By James SimpsonFor too long Marvin Hagler had been denied, ignored and unjustly sidelined while lesser middleweights got the big opportunities and the big money. For too long Hagler had ...
On September 26, 2020 / By Michael CarbertBy the mid-90’s, the question was being asked by more than a few: was he the best ever? Certainly there had been no one quite like him in ...
On September 25, 2020 / By Sean CroseWhen Sugar Ray Leonard, without a doubt the biggest star in boxing, retired for the first (but not the last) time in 1982, his departure left behind a ...
On July 18, 2020 / By Michael CarbertTime waits for no one, as the old cliché goes, a statement whose meaning the young can barely grasp and alas, I am young no longer. But four ...
On June 20, 2020 / By Michael CarbertAt the time, the story lines had not yet become vivid, the true significance of what was unfolding not yet clear. The term “The Four Kings” had yet ...
On June 15, 2020 / By Michael CarbertHagler vs Hearns. Next to The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, maybe the most famous boxing match in middleweight history. Billed as simply “The Fight,” what is there to ...
On April 15, 2020 / By Robert PortisIt 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 have been ...
On April 6, 2020 / By Thad MooreIn the late 70’s and early 80’s professional prizefighting was enjoying a serious resurgence with major stars such as Hearns, Hagler, Mancini, Duran, Arguello and Holmes inspiring keen ...
On March 19, 2020 / By Robert Portis“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.” — James ...
On March 16, 2020 / By Patrick ConnorAccording to the latest research, roughly ten percent of the human population is left-handed. This presents few problems for the other ninety percent, but in boxing, those problems ...
On March 14, 2020 / By Robert PortisAlmost a full year had passed since “The Fight,” the huge event that was Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs Thomas “The Hit Man” Hearns for the undisputed middleweight title, ...
On March 10, 2020 / By Robert PortisIt took our own Mr. Portis a few days to collect his thoughts on last Saturday’s huge fight, and while at first he handed in roughly ten thousand ...
On September 21, 2018 / By Robert PortisThe last line of defense for a boxer is the durability of his mandible. Here are the 12 best chins in boxing history, the men who faced the ...
On May 30, 2018 / By Robert PortisIntimidation can come in many different forms: aggressive body language, rippling muscles, obnoxious trash talk, or the cold stare that sends chills down another’s backbone. Whatever way it’s ...
On March 29, 2018 / By Robert PortisFor 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 WylieI became interested in boxing in the late 70s, if memory serves. That’s quite a while ago. Indeed, the first major fight I remember being truly invested in, ...
On June 1, 2016 / By Sean CroseIn the 1980s, seven wise, unseen men sat in judgement of boxing. Their names, as far as we know, were Tony, Wes, Ike, Tim, Travis, Ernie and Rodrigo. ...
On May 9, 2016 / By Paul D. GibsonSaul “Canelo” Alvarez is an enigma. Okay, the man himself may not be, but his career trajectory certainly seems enigmatic. Don’t believe me? Ponder the following: Alvarez may ...
On January 12, 2016 / By Sean CroseGennady Golovkin is, without question, the best middleweight in the world. Miguel Cotto may be the lineal champion, but he will be a huge underdog if that match ...
On February 22, 2015 / By Michael CarbertIn the long history of boxing, few trainers have had the impact of Angelo Dundee who died of an apparent heart attack in Florida yesterday. He was 90 ...
On February 2, 2012 / By Michael Carbert“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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