After the difficult loss to Roberto Duran on June 20, 1980, Sugar Ray Leonard took a vacation trip to Hawaii with his wife Juanita. While contemplating retirement, Ray woke up one day and went for a run on beach, realizing that he was just too young to retire. When he returned to the States, Ray […]

After Sugar Ray Leonard won his first title by stopping Wilfred Benitez on November 30, 1979, he prepared to make his first defense in his hometown three months later. Ray’s opponent was Davey ‘Boy’ Green, and the fight was part of a mega-card broadcast live on ABC TV. I settled in to watch the fights

Ray Charles Leonard was born May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina. At age three, his family moved to Palmer Park, Maryland, where he started boxing at age thirteen. He developed quickly as an amateur, and finished in 1976 by winning a gold medal as a light welterweight at the Montreal Olympic games. His final

After the Golota fight, Mike Tyson really didn’t show signs of wanting to fight anymore, despite his usual rhetoric. He traveled to Copenhagen to face the chubby and slow Brian Nielsen, who to me was nothing more than an overrated punching bag. Tyson easily hammered him for 6 rounds before the referee ended the mess.

After the mess with Orlin Norris in October 1999, Mike Tyson traveled abroad for his next two bouts. On January 29, 2000, Tyson met Julius Francis in Manchester, England and easily disposed of him in two rounds. In his post-fight interview with Showtime’s Jim Gray, Tyson went into a bizarre rant claiming he was the

After losing to Evander Holyfield on November 9, 1996, Mike Tyson sought and got an immediate rematch. The original May 3, 1997 fight was moved back to June 28 when Mike suffered a deep cut over his left eye that required 12 stitches. I gladly ordered the pay-per-view for my 46″ inch projection TV, and

After his release from prison in March 1995, Mike Tyson resigned with promoter Don King, despite a host of promoters wooing him. On August 19, 1995, I was in Las Vegas when Mike easily disposed of Peter ‘Hurricane’ McNeeley in 91 seconds. Four months later, he took on Buster Mathis Jr. at the Spectrum in

‘Iron’ Mike Tyson returned to Atlantic City Convention Hall on July 21, 1989 to face Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams on HBO. Tyson dropped Williams with a left hook in the opening round, but referee Randy Neumann stopped the fight prematurely when Williams was more than able to continue. It ruined the fight for me personally,

Mike Tyson was born Michael Gerard Tyson on June 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. He started boxing under the guidance of Cus D’Amato as an amateur and turned professional in March of 1985. He quickly ran through his early competition and by the end of 1985, appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He

Gerry Cooney agreed to fight the WBC, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, on June 11, 1982 at the Outdoor Arena at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. For me, it meant just a 3 mile drive to the Coliseum in Voorhees, New Jersey to watch the bout on closed-circuit, a real treat for it to be so