Rocky Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, on September 1, 1923 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He played both baseball and football in high school, then dropped out after tenth grade. He worked at various jobs, as a ditchdigger, railroad layer and a shoemaker to help his parents. Rocky enlisted in the US Army in March of […]

Sugar Ray Robinson was born as Walker Smith on May 3, 1921 in Georgia, and moved to Detroit as a youth. After his parents separated, he moved to Harlem with his mother at 12, and began boxing at 14. He borrowed an ID card of a friend named Ray Robinson, so he could get an

This is the List of My Top Closed Circuit Fights. Part 4.

This is the List of My Top Closed Circuit Fights. Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns 2. June 12, 1989. Caesar’s Palace Outdoor Arena; Las Vegas, Nevada. In their rematch nearly 8 years since their first meeting, Thomas Hearns drops Leonard twice in their 12 round super-middleweight fight. Its’s my first trip to the Pavilion

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Larry Holmes came out of retirement in April of 1991 after a three year hiatus from the ring. After seeing what George Foreman did, Holmes had the same idea, but a shorter time frame involved. He signed a contract with the USA TV network, and racked up 5 straight wins over mediocre opponents before scoring

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In the summer of 1996, Riddick Bowe agreed to face the tough Polish slugger,, Andrew Golota at Madison Square Garden. Golota was a 1988 Olympic Bronze medalist at the Seoul Summer Olympics, and had moved to America to fight professional. When I tuned in to HBO on July 11, I wasn’t sure exactly what to