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Entries tagged with "Sugar+Ray+Leonard":

• Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – May 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Not as Sweet as Sugar – May 18th, 2011

  
  
  

• Greatest Moments in the Ring – July 7th, 2011

  
  
  

• Amir Khan Artist – July 18th, 2011

  When he uses his great length, pumping that jab more actively, as Maestro Freddie has taught him, then, yes, artist...
  
  

• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns – August 6th, 2011

  On the night of Sept. 16, 1981, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Sugar Ray Leonard finally proved how terrific a fighter he was. Leonard had forced Duran to quit in New Orleans during their rematch, so his star was on the rise. But meeting undefeated WBA welterweight champion Thomas Hearns, who was fighting at his natural weight, was a challenge few thought Leonard could surmount. It was a superb bout, give-and-take for round after round. When Leonard's trainer Angelo Dundee admonished his fighter during the championship rounds, "You're blowing it, son. You’re blowing it," Leonard dug deeper than anyone would have thought possible...
  
  

• Hearns, Hagler, Leonard & Duran – August 27th, 2011

  Tommy "Hitman" Hearns. "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler. Sugar Ray Leonard. Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran. These four men were four of the greatest fighters in history, and they all came of age at the same time. Their styles in the ring were as different as their personalities outside the ring, but they all shared one thing in common: each of them was a winner. Between 1980 and 1989, they had nine fights between them. There wasn't a stinker in the bunch, and some of the bouts were bona fide classics...
  
  

• The Other Fabulous Four – September 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mayweather-Ortiz Predictions – September 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Postscript to a Bad Night in Vegas – September 20th, 2011

  Come with me as I return to the Silver Slipper in Las Vegas in 1976, a night grounded in the true pathos and ambivalence of boxing…
  
  

• Harold Lederman on Martinez vs. Barker – September 29th, 2011

  ”Sergio Martinez doesn’t look like he’s got a middleweight’s body. I’m not sure he could beat a rugged middleweight like Marvin Hagler, or Carlos Monzon…”
  
  

• The Color of Money – September 29th, 2011

  
  
  

• Roberto Duran: Beyond the Glory – October 27th, 2011

  Roberto Duran is one of the greatest fighters of all time. Known as "Manos de Piedra" ("Hands of Stone"), Duran was a ferocious competitor, in and out of the ring. He made his pro debut in 1968 before he was 16, and went on to win titles at lightweight, welterweight, junior middleweight, and middleweight. There was no one Duran didn't fight, including Ken Buchanan, Esteban De Jesus, Carlos Palomino, Wilfred Benitez, Marvin Hagler, and Thomas Hearns...
  
  

• Bob Arum: 80 Years Young – December 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Khan vs. Peterson Preview – December 9th, 2011

  Young, charismatic, telegenic and the champ, 25-year-old Amir Khan is one of the bright lights of boxing’s future…
  
  

• Camacho – January 12th, 2012

  In the end, Hector "Macho" Camacho has left the game on his own terms and he did it HIS WAY. Few have done that…
  
  

• Why Ali Has Never Gone Away – January 16th, 2012

  Muhammad Ali’s career is marked by undulations, great ups and downs, jarring defeats and comebacks...
  
  

• The Big Easy Does It – January 29th, 2012

  
  
  

• Ten-Count for Angelo Dundee – February 1st, 2012

  
  
  

• Angelo Dundee: Making Boxing Fun Again – February 2nd, 2012

  Dundee was a man of great compassion and integrity who made his living in a business known for its bullies, thieves and hypocrites…
  
  

• When Fans Go “Oooh and Aaah” – February 3rd, 2012

  Sometimes cuties are flashy or stylish, but more often than not, their calling card is reliance on a crafty persona…
  
  

• Return to Sender – February 7th, 2012

  
  
  

• What is Boxing’s Most Unforgivable Sin? – February 21st, 2012

  Quitting is boxing’s unforgivable sin, the easiest route to the land of boxing purgatory…
  
  

• Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Wilfred Benitez – March 6th, 2012

  “I don’t wreck men’s bodies, I wreck their minds.”—Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard met Wildred Benitez on Nov. 30, 1979, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Benitez, aka El Radar, was defending the WBC welterweight title he won 10 months earlier from Carlos Palomino. Both fighters' best years were ahead of them, and both fighters were undefeated going in. Leonard was an immaculate 25-0. Benitez's record stood at 38-0-1. This is a legendary fight between two Hall of Fame fighters. Check it out and you'll understand why...
  
  

• When Harry Met Ali (Documentary) – March 9th, 2012

  There are no shortage of documentaries on Muhammad Ali. Some are good, some are not so good, and some are better than most. The documentary "When Harry Met Ali" is better than most and is narrated by British boxing writer Harry Carpenter, who followed Ali from his earliest days to the end of his remarkable career. This film is beautifully done, a comprehensive montage featuring terrific fight footage and interviews, with commentary by some of The Greatest's opponents and pugilistic heirs...
  
  

• The Dragon Slayers, Part III: Frankie Randall – March 18th, 2012

  Unfortunately for Chavez, Frankie Randall was not Meldrick Taylor and had little regard for what was supposed to happen…
  
  

• Four Kings Reunite in Canastota – March 19th, 2012

  
  
  

• Postcard From Panama: Duran’s Place – March 19th, 2012

  One hundred and nineteen of those battles and still here, still a pistol, and in great shape this GRAND CHAMPION DURAN…
  
  

• Rise of the House of Usher – March 22nd, 2012

  
  
  

• Carl Froch: Lord of the Rings? – March 25th, 2012

  
  
  

• Who Died and Left You King? – March 27th, 2012

  With all his experience in the advertizing business, Sugar cleverly promoted himself as the cigar-chomping front man, the Damon Runyon of his era...
  
  

• Golden Days Donny Lalonde – March 28th, 2012

  Donny "Golden Boy" Lalonde always dreamed and still dreams big, and more often than not those dreams have come to fruition…
  
  

• Pac-Man: God in His Corner – April 19th, 2012

  Has anyone ever heard of Torquemada? Does anybody remember the Crusades? If not, don’t sweat it. That was a long time ago...
  
  

• Ring Around the Rosie – April 21st, 2012

  
  
  

• Mayweather No! What a Bout Roger. – May 7th, 2012

  What will be will be of course but one thing will be certain; Uncle Roger, steady, boxing intelligent, will be in that "Money" corner…
  
  

• Two Guns, Six Heads and Three Fouls – May 8th, 2012

  In the end, when they tally up the guys who fight under the creed of “anything goes,” Teddy Reid's name will be near the top…
  
  

• Mayweather’s Red Badge of Courage – May 8th, 2012

  It occasionally felt to me as though Cotto was so deferential to Mayweather that it seemed as though he was in the ring with his employer…