This is the next in my blog series ‘Mythical Matchups’. The bout is between Roy Jones and Bob Foster. My imaginary bouts all take place in Las Vegas at the Caesar’s Palace Outdoor Arena, with the great Mills Lane as the referee. Roy Jones Jr. was born on January 16, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida. He […]

This is the next in my blog series ‘Mythical Matchups’. The bout is between two junior-welterweight champions, Aaron Pryor and Julio Cesar Chavez. My imaginary bouts all take place in Las Vegas at the Caesar’s Palace Outdoor Arena, with the great Mills Lane as the referee. Aaron Pryor was born on October 20, 1955 in

This is the next in my blog series ‘Mythical Matchups’. This bout is between two Heavyweight Champions, Evander Holyfield and Joe Louis. My imaginary bouts all take place in Las Vegas at the Caesar’s Palace Outdoor Arena, with the great Mills Lane as the referee. Evander Holyfield was born on October 19, 1962 in Atmore,

This is the next of my blog series ‘Mythical Matchups’. This bout is between two Light Heavyweight Champions, Michael Spinks and Archie Moore. My imaginary bouts all take place in Las Vegas at the Caesar’s Palace Outdoor Arena, with the great Mills Lane as the referee. Michael Spinks was born on July 22, 1956. He

This is my next in my blog series ‘Mythical Matchups’. This bout is between two Heavyweight Champions, George Foreman and Sonny Liston. My imaginary bouts all take place in Las Vegas at the Caesar’s Palace Outdoor Arena, with the great Mills Lane as the referee. ‘Big’ George Foreman was born on January 10, 1949 in

This is my third blog in the series ‘Mythical Matchups’. The imaginary bout I’m writing about is between two Heavyweight Champions, Joe Frazier and Rocky Marciano. My mythical bouts all take place in Las Vegas at the Caesar’s Palace outdoor arena, with the great Mills Lane as the referee. Joe Frazier was born on January

This is my second blog on the series ‘Mythical Matchups’. The bout I am going to write about is between the greatest ‘Pound for Pound’ fighter of all-time, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Leonard. My imaginary bouts all will take place in Las Vegas at the Caesar’s Palace outdoor arena, with the great Mills

I am starting a new series on a totally new subject. This Blog series is entitled “Mythical Matchups”, and will be my commentary and opinion on what would have happened if fighters from different eras met in the ring. Boxing history is replete with great champions in all different weight classes, and I’m going to

When the fight between Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard was announced, no one was more excited than me. I was thrilled that the bout was taking place after many years of delays, and I would be rooting hard for Ray on fight night. I even had the privilege to travel to Hilton Head, South

After his huge win over Thomas Hearns on April 15, 1985, Marvin Hagler agreed to face John ‘The Beast’ Mugabi. Mugabi was the junior-middleweight champ, and was a thunderous puncher who knocked most of his opponents out. I had seen a lot of his fights on NBC, which carried most of his bouts. He was