Mexican Great Carlos Palomino Recalls The Time Sugar Ray Leonard Got Stopped By Camacho: “He Was So Down In The Gym”

12/13/2024 James Slater

Even the great ones get stopped. Sometimes. A legendary chin can be cracked, just ask; there are too many great … continue

On This Day In 1979: A Doubleheader In Vegas Sees Mixed Fortunes For Leonard And Hagler

11/30/2024 James Slater

We are being treated to some great and stacked fight cards these days, but the concept is far from new. … continue

09/16/2024 James Slater

A sight and a fight that is rarely, if ever, seen these days. Two in their prime, rival world champions, … continue

06/20/2024 James Slater

For some fans, historians, and fellow fighters, it ranks as one of the greatest fights in the sport’s history. For … continue

04/06/2024 James Slater

Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada – April 6th 1987. You know what happened. Today of course marks the anniversary, the … continue

06/12/2023 James Slater

Thomas Hearns’ name goes first in the above headline because, as is boxing tradition, the winner goes first. Okay, officially … continue

05/17/2023 James Slater

The great, indeed the incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson – for many THE Sugar of the boxing world, forever, and always, … continue

05/12/2023 James Slater

How would you title a Dream Fight – perhaps THE biggest, most fascinating, most debatable Dream Fight imaginable – between … continue

04/06/2023 James Slater

It took place 36 years ago today in Las Vegas: Sugar Ray Leonard Vs. Marvelous Marvin Hagler. The Super Fight. … continue

11/09/2022 James Slater

Forty years ago today in Baltimore, in front of 10,000 attendees, most of them not sure what they would witness, … continue