Iran “The Blade” Barkley vs Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran represents a very special page in the history book of boxing. This intense and historic battle is nothing ...
On February 24, 2021 / By Rafael GarcíaIt is 1982 and Sugar Ray Leonard is the king of not only the welterweight division, but of the entire sport of boxing. No other fighter is as ...
On February 15, 2021 / By Robert PortisRoberto Duran vs Pipino Cuevas. Just two or three years earlier, an absolute dream match, but now a meeting of ex-champions, if not has-beens; two once proud warriors, ...
On January 30, 2021 / By Michael CarbertBack in 1969, Norman Mailer, writer, gadfly, fight fan, and best-selling author, put himself forward as a candidate for mayor of New York City. It was a mad, ...
On December 6, 2020 / By Ralph M. SemienPerhaps 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 PortisJoe Gans was a pugilistic pioneer. He innovated many now common boxing techniques and his crafty ways and unmatched ring intelligence earned him the nickname “The Old Master.” ...
On November 25, 2020 / By Lee WylieIt’s November, 1982 and the sport of boxing is bigger than ever. Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns are all mainstream stars and fight fans enjoy ...
On November 12, 2020 / By Michael CarbertAny intelligent ranking of the greatest boxers to have ever lived, pound-for-pound, will be dominated by names from the past as the simple fact is that the Golden ...
On November 11, 2020 / By Lee WylieSince 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, 2020 / By Michael CarbertIn 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 CarbertIt’s 1982 and no one doubts that undisputed middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is the best active boxer on the planet, pound-for-pound. While Aaron Pryor, Michael Spinks, and ...
On October 31, 2020 / By Michael CarbertThe great Henry Armstrong had come agonizingly close to accomplishing the feat. Latter day legends Alexis Arguello and Roberto Duran had tried and failed. But finally, for the ...
On October 29, 2020 / By Michael CarbertWere he still with us, Aaron Pryor would be 65-years-old today. Gone too soon, and taken in the same year that saw the passing of Muhammad Ali, “The ...
On October 20, 2020 / By Robert PortisBack 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 SimpsonNo matter how dismal the fight scene may be at a given time, fans can always cherish and take comfort from the sport’s glorious history. The past is ...
On September 30, 2020 / By Michael EzraRemember when Britain’s Kell Brook tried to shake up the sports world by challenging knockout puncher Gennady Golovkin? Brook was a big underdog as he moved from welterweight ...
On September 27, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerIt’s been almost two decades since the final entry in the records books for the legendary prizefighter they called “Manos de Piedra,” but the standing of Roberto Duran ...
On September 18, 2020 / By Lee WylieThe Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns fight in 1981 was significant for so many reasons. You had two of the best, if not the best, fighters on the planet ...
On September 16, 2020 / By Thad MooreIn the summer of 1981, only two boxers mattered in America: WBA welterweight champion Thomas Hearns, and WBC welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard. Since the previous fall, when ...
On September 16, 2020 / By Michael CarbertClick here to read part I of the tale of Chavez vs Camacho. With a delirious crowd awaiting the opening bell, JCC walked through a mob from his ...
On September 13, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaThe ring, like the arena that housed it, was filled to capacity. The final bell had rung and dozens of people climbed through the ropes for the rituals ...
On September 12, 2020 / By Rafael GarcíaDo a Google search for Alexis Arguello and you end up with photos and videos about Aaron Pryor. Do one for Aaron Pryor and you end up with ...
On September 9, 2020 / By Michael CarbertIn 1976, a group of young athletes journeyed to Montreal to fight for their country. There were no great expectations for the men who populated the American Olympic ...
On August 9, 2020 / By Robert PortisI have never agreed with those fight “fans” who judge boxers harshly for quitting. Any man or woman who enters the ring possesses courage that distinguishes them from ...
On August 7, 2020 / By Jamie RebnerThe Montreal Olympics in 1976 represented a galvanizing moment for boxing in America, an event that saw the sport gain new stars and new fans, as the U.S. ...
On August 3, 2020 / By Michael CarbertThey called it “World War II,” an odd if not slightly offensive billing, but the logic was undeniable. In 1980, no division in boxing mattered more or inspired ...
On August 2, 2020 / By Michael CarbertWhen 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 CarbertSeems like we had just finished celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first great Duran vs Leonard battle when the awful news came that the man they call ...
On July 3, 2020 / By Patrick ConnorA few days ago the coronavirus pandemic registered a direct and major hit on the boxing world when it was announced that none other than the legendary “Manos ...
On July 1, 2020 / By Lee WylieHere’s the thing some people don’t get about Sugar Ray Leonard: the man was more athlete than boxer, and, despite his “sweet” nickname, he was more bad-ass than ...
On June 25, 2020 / By Neil Crane“Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.”
– George Foreman
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