With the passing of the 1970s golden era of heavyweight boxing, the days of the heavyweights commanding the big crowds and money were gone. In 1980, the welterweights were now the stars of boxing. The ...
As one would expect of a man who made a career of standing toe-to-toe with some of the all-time great fighters in boxing, Thomas Hearns is a stand-up guy. Hearns, who staged memorable fights against ...
Thomas Hearns has revealed the one fighter that punched him harder than former rival Marvin Hagler. Hearns played a key role in one of the sport’s greatest eras during the 1980s, where he became a ...
Manny Pacquiao and the rest of the current welterweight talent could not hold a candle to welterweight classes of decades past. I just noticed that BoxRec has rated Pacquiao first, followed by Floyd ...
BIRMINGHAM – Malik Scott was showing his brother much love, but comparing Deontay Wilder's TKO of Gerald Washington to Thomas “Hitman” Hearns’ demolition of Pipino Cuevas back in 1980? Might want to ...
One fought undisputed Middleweight Champion Marvin Hagler. In fact Roberto Duran was at the time the only fighter to go the distance with Hagler as Champion, something only Sugar Ray Leonard would ...
Manchester, N.H. - Old foes and old friends sometimes turn up in the most unlikely of places and tonight proved that as legends Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and trainer Angelo Dundee teamed up at the ...
To the cynical, Joe Louis Arena is aptly named. Name a hockey arena after a boxer? Well, you’ve heard the old joke. “I went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out.” It’s thought of with a smirk ...
With most of the sports world shut down for an indefinite period, we’re looking for creative ways to help fill the void. This is part of a new series documenting the favorite athletes of The ...