Thomas Hearns won his third title in three weight divisions when he knocked out Dennis Andries on March 7, 1987 in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. He had moved up from junior middleweight to win the light heavyweight championship, a remarkable feat in itself and now set his sights on the vacant WBC Middleweight belt […]

By the the end of summer 1992, the two top ranked heavyweight fighters on the planet other than Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe, who were fighting for the Evander’s undisputed title on November 13, were Lennox Lewis and Razor Ruddock. The winner of the Halloween night bout between them in London, England would be the

The first fight I watched at a kid was on February 21,1970 when ABC’s Wide World of Sports aired a replay of Joe Frazier knocking out Jimmy Ellis. Muhammad Ali was a household name by that time, so when he finally came out of exile after 3 1/2 years for refusing induction into the United

After losing to Bobby Czyz on May 10, 1996, Don King saw Evander Holyfield as an easy mark and agreed to let him fight Mike Tyson on November 9, 1996 if Tyson got by Bruce Seldon on September 7th. After Seldon took a dive in the first round without every getting hit with a solid

When I became a boxing fan in the late 1970’s, Sugar Ray Leonard was climbing toward his perch as the most popular fighter in the sport. He won his first world title when he beat Wilfred Benitez on November 30, 1979 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and made his first title defense four months

When George Foreman came out of retirement in March 1987, I was right on board in support of his comeback. Despite the fact that we didn’t have cable tv at the time, I did whatever it took to see as many of his bouts as possible. That meant going over to one of my sister’s

When Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney finally met on June 11,1982 after months of negotiations and delays, I had no doubt that Larry would win. Even though he had been the legitimate heavyweight champ for four years, he didn’t get the respect from the press or tv commentators like Howard Cosell, who found fault with

This is My List of the Top 5 Fighters of the 1990’s. 1, Roy Jones. Roy won his first world title in May 1993 by easily dominating Bernard Hopkins to become the middleweight champ. He added the super middleweight belt to his collection in November 1994 with a shutout of James Toney, then moved up

This is My List of My Top 5 Fighters of the 1980’s.