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When Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker met Julio Cesar Chavez on September 10, 1993 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, it was for Pernell’s WBC welterweight title. Chavez insisted on a catchweight of 145 lbs. and no one was rooting harder for ‘Sweet Pea’ to win that night than me. Chavez was a complainer and […]

The last Super-fight of the millennium was set for September 18, 1999 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada between Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad. Both welterweight champions were undefeated and it was also a battle between the Mexican-American De La Hoya and the Puerto Rican Trinidad. National pride has always been

After the retirement of Sugar Ray Leonard in May of 1984, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns were on a collision course to meet after each took care of their mandatory title defenses. In September, Thomas knockout out Fred Hutchings in 3 rounds in Saginaw, Michigan on September 14, 1984. On October 19, Marvin knocked out

Joe Frazier had been heavyweight champ for almost 5 years when he met the undefeated 1968 Olympic champion George Foreman on January 22, 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica. I was only in the 7th grade at the time, but was still interested in who won the fight, especially since Joe Frazier was from Philadelphia and a

The first time Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran met on June 20, 1980, Ray Leonard tried to fight Duran’s fight by going toe to toe. Duran bullied and mauled Leonard against the ropes and by the time Ray tried to box, it was too late. Sugar Ray vowed to fight ‘His fight’, in the

After defending his heavyweight title twice against 42 year old ex heavyweight champions, Evander Holyfield finally faced a top contender in his prime when he met Riddick Bowe on November 13, 1992 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Bowe was fresh off his 7th TKO of Pierre Coetzer on July 18 in

Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard talks began as early as 1982, mostly because Hagler was looking for a huge payday. Ray Leonard was a welterweight at the time and the idea of him bulking up to middleweight seemed ridiculous to me, since was slightly built and moving up the 154 was a stretch. When

After his huge upset of Ray Mercer on February 7, 1992, Larry Holmes signed to meet Evander Holyfield on June 19 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. My brother and I went to see the fight on closed circuit at the Pavilion in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I was actually pulling for Larry to win,

After losing an unjust decision to Michael Spinks on April 19, 1986, Larry Holmes announced his retirement a few months later. However, when Mike Tyson won the heavyweight title in November of 1986 over Trevor Berbick and unified it, Larry decided to return to the ring late in 1987. When Holmes asked promoter Don King

,On May 20, 1985, Larry Holmes accepted the challenge of Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams in Reno, Nevada. The bout was live on NBC tv in prime time, and it would be the last time it happened on one of the three major networks. Larry struggled with the 25 year old Williams, but in the end