All posts tagged "sugar Ray Leonard"
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WorldwideWith ‘Day Of Reckoning Beckoning, One Guy’s 12 Best Fight Cards
This is a generation that seems blown away by modest doings. It almost seems the more access it has to information, the less appreciative it is...
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Matthew Hilton Fight Hooked Him, Boxing Got Him
It’s 1986, I’m 9, I’m about to witness something that will ultimately save my life and restore hope to a soul that had been broken into...
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NYF Archival Hit: The Curious Case of David Wolf
As a crusading journalist, David Wolf was above reproach, speaking truth to power. As a ring manager, he was, to some who worked with him, a...
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Five Best All-American Welterweight Fights In Boxing History
On the eve of what should be a memorable welterweight showdown between standout American 147 pounders Errol Spence and Terence Crawford, I decided to look back...
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Like Leonard & Duran, Canelo & GGG Took A While To Complete A Bitter Trilogy
When Roberto Duran waved his hands in resignation and quit in the rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard 42 years ago, it appeared the rivalry with the...
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Shields vs. Marshall Postponement Is Nothing New In Boxing
This was to be a historic weekend for women’s boxing, with the undisputed middleweight championship between Claressa Shields and amateur conqueror Savannah Marshall on tap for...
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Roy and Paulie of ProBox TV Weigh In On Gervonta Davis Maybe Splitting With Mayweather
One of boxing’s most prominent stars will return to the squared circle this weekend. Gervonta Davis will headline his fourth straight pay-per-view when he puts his...
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Donny Lalonde Talks Ray Leonard Fight, The Teddy Atlas Beef, More
Donny Lalonde is best known for fighting Sugar Ray Leonard in 1988, with the WBC light heavyweight championship of the world up for grabs. Many people don’t realize...
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Where Are They Now? Famous Boxers Who Got New Careers
From Sugar Ray Leonard and Mike Tyson to Roy Jones Jr. and Lennox Lewis, they were each exceptional champions of the sweet science in their prime....
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Looking Back At Leonard-Hearns, 40 Years Later
It’s been 40 years. Unbelievable! On September 16, 1981, in a makeshift arena that was the parking lot of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, “Superfight”...
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The Kings Director Mat Whitecross Shares Behind the Scenes Process, Part 1
At first, director Mat Whitecross may seem like a surprising choice for a project like Showtime’s The Kings. Whitecross admits that he is at best a...
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THE KINGS Episode Three: The Will to Win
“This is a poor boy’s sport.” That’s one of the first lines you hear in voiceover from episode three of the Showtime documentary The Kings,...
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The Kings Episode One: Ghetto to Glory Road
The Showtime documentary series The Kings, about the grand era of the 80s when the giants of their sport, boxers Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas...
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Announcements
Showtime Examines “Four Kings” Legacy With Doc Premiering June 6
NEW YORK – April 12, 2021 – In boxing, it is said that styles make fights. From 1980 through 1989, it was the style of four...
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Marvin Hagler Has Died, Let The Earth Shake
There’s a relatively small list of athletes who everyone accepts as being great and yet to me, they still feel a bit undervalued. In baseball, it’s...
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NY Fights Crew Shares How The Death of Marvin Hagler Hit Hard
Deaths of legends, of icons, those can hit harder than when people you actually know die. It’s because you have strong associations with those legends, usually...
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WorldwideRest In Peace, Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954-2021)
It was November of 1979, and Boston sports fans were their typically surly selves. The Red Sox last won a World Series in 1918, and this...
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New York
No Mas, Forty Years Later
It was November 25, 1980. I was with Bert Sugar, and, more memorably, Christie Brinkley, in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the rematch between Roberto Duran and...
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Announcements
Al Bernstein Will Call Mike Tyson v Roy Jones Fight
Los Angeles November 19, 2020 – Viral entertainment platform Triller announced today that Grammy-Award winning singer songwriter, actor, producer Ne-Yo will be performing the National Anthem before Mike...
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WorldwideMaybe Mike Tyson Can Come Back, Make Some Noise In the Heavyweight Division
The Clip, tantalizing and provocative, has been clicked on Instagram ten million times. No telling how many people said, “Hey, look at this, Mike Tyson hitting...
