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Hearns was just 22 years old, carrying a pristine 32-0 record with 30 knockouts into the ring. Standing 6 foot…
“Robinson fought TWENTY times in 1950. Twenty! That would be impossible now. There wouldn’t be 20 shows to fight on…
It was a brilliant piece of business. As a sporting achievement, it was considerably less convincing. Lalonde was a natural…
Sugar Ray Leonard built his reputation by succeeding where many great fighters fell short. He won world titles in five…
Shakur Stevenson names the welterweight champion who would have beaten Sugar Ray Robinson: “He was way ahead”
Many people view Sugar Ray Robinson as the greatest boxer of all time but Shakur Stevenson believes there is another…
Entering London’s Earls Court Arena as a heavy underdog, the 23-year-old British challenger outboxed and outworked the man many already…
Earned it compared to whom? If the benchmark is Sugar Ray Robinson, the answer is simple: he hasn’t. Robinson remains…
Bob Arum says world champion with 85% KO ratio can become the next Sugar Ray Leonard: “Sky’s the limit”
Bob Arum believes he has the next Sugar Ray Leonard on his books, or at least a world champion who…
Sugar Ray Leonard believes one of his fellow Four Kings was more intimidating than even Mike Tyson, who terrorised the…
Instead, Robinson found himself battling more than his opponent. Fought under oppressive summer conditions that pushed temperatures beyond 100 degrees,…