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Entries tagged with "Thomas+Hearns":

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

  
  
  

• Rios-Antillon and the Fights – July 10th, 2011

  They entered the ring beaming with pride, and when they left the ring, however battered and bruised, they were still beaming with pride…
  
  

• Local Fighters, Local Fights – July 16th, 2011

  Tonight was a throwback—two hard-nosed fighters fighting each other, struggling the way contenders need to struggle...
  
  

• 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...
  
  

• Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns – April 24th, 2012

  The bout took place on April 15, 1985 at Caesars in Las Vegas. Longtime middleweight champion Marvin Hagler was taking on junior middleweight champion Tommy Hearns. Everyone expected it to be a good fight, but no one expected an all-out War. The first round of Hagler-Hearns is considered the greatest round in boxing history. The fight had it all. It had blood. It had guts. It had two terrific fighters determined to search and destroy (although little time was spent searching). The Ring called the bout the most electrifying eight minutes ever and Hagler-Hearns won Fight of the Year honors for 1985, despite lasting only three rounds...
  
  

• 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...
  
  

• Thomas Hearns vs. Iran Barkley – September 9th, 2011

  Thomas Hearns and Iran Barkley first fought on June 6, 1988, at the Las Vegas Hilton. Hearns was defending the WBC middleweight title he won eight months earlier from Juan Domingo Roldan, and his record stood at 45-2, with his two losses coming at the hands of Sugar Ray Leonard in 1981 and Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1985. Barkley, at 24-4, was The Blade from the Bronx, a tough fighter, a mean competitor, but no one ever mistook him for the superstar's superstar. He could, however, occasionally work miracles when he had to...
  
  

• The Case for Jorge Fernando Castro in the Hall – October 16th, 2011

  Many thought it was time for Castro to finally end his long and glorious career and considered it a wonder that he would fight again…
  
  

• The Case for Nigel Benn in the Hall – October 20th, 2011

  Some say that Nigel Benn is mostly a "forgotten warrior" perhaps because he will forever be linked to Gerald McClellan…
  
  

• The Culture of Boxing: Third in a Series – October 26th, 2011

  On February 4, 2004, Michael Watson was awarded the MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II…
  
  

• 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...
  
  

• No Hesitating: The Hall for Myung-Woo Yuh – November 7th, 2011

  Yuh finished with a 38-1 record and made 17 successful title defenses during his first reign. Yes, that’s 17 title defenses…
  
  

• Unchartered Waters – November 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Hall of Fame Inductees – December 6th, 2011

  
  
  

• Legendary Fights: Hagler vs. Hearns – December 6th, 2011

  In honor of Thomas Hearns induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, let's take a look back at one of his signature bouts. The fight took place on April 15, 1985 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Longtime middleweight champion Marvin Hagler was taking on junior middleweight champion Tommy Hearns. Everyone expected a good fight, but no one expected an all-out War. The first round of Hagler-Hearns is considered the greatest round in boxing history. The fight had it all. It had blood and guts. It had two terrific fighters determined to search and destroy (although little time was spent searching). The Ring called the bout the most electrifying eight minutes ever and Hagler-Hearns won Fight of the Year honors for 1985, despite lasting only three rounds…
  
  

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

  
  
  

• Iran Barkley: The Man Who Beat The Man – January 14th, 2012

  Perhaps Iran, so tough, so fearless, so uncompromising in the ring, was damaged by these same qualities outside the ring…
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• 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

  
  
  

• Lara Demolishes Hearns – April 21st, 2012

  
  
  

• Ring Around the Rosie – April 21st, 2012

  
  
  

• The Day I Fell in Love with Boxing (Again) – May 7th, 2012

  I hold the evening of May 7, 2005 in high regard, and mark it as the moment that I fell in love with boxing (again)…
  
  

• 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…
  
  

• Sorry Dana, Boxing Paramount – May 10th, 2012

  Boxing is a fringe sport. Boxing is on life support. Boxing is dead. MMA are the toughest guys, the sport for the young guys. So it goes with Dana White…
  
  

• The Turnaround – May 11th, 2012

  The fight was televised on ABC’s Wide World of Sports, but it was an afternoon show in the spring and many fans missed it…
  
  

• On Champions, “Champions,” and “Championships” – May 18th, 2012

  In terms of scoring and ranking, boxing has more in common with gymnastics or synchronized swimming than it does basketball or football...