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This is My List of Atlantic City’s 5 Biggest Fights.

When Sugar Ray Leonard won the WBC Welterweight Championship by stopping Wilfred Benitez in the 15th round on November 30, 1979, he was now professional boxing’s ‘Star’. After an easy title defense in March, a 4th round knockout of Davey ‘Boy’ Green in Landover, Maryland, a ‘Super-Fight’ was agreed for June 20. Roberto Duran, the

When Oscar De La Hoya came home from the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a gold medal, Julio Cesar Chavez was on top the boxing world in the lower weight classes. He had defeated all challengers, and a bout between the two men with Mexican descent became a natural, as Oscar’s career progressed. De

Here is My List of the Top 5 Boxing Upsets in History.

When George Foreman came out of retirement in 1987 after a 10 year hiatus from the ring, I was thrilled. I jumped on his bandwagon from the start, and did my best to see as many of his comeback fights on TV as possible. He always said his goal was not money, but to become

Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns met for the first time on September 16, 1981 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Leonard unified the welterweight titles with a 14th round TKO of Hearns, and since that night, both of their careers had taken long and winding turns. As the years passed, I never thought they

On June 27, 1988, Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks were to meet at Atlantic City Convention Hall for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World. While Tyson held all of the belts, Michael Spinks was still considered the Lineal Champion by some. Spinks had won the title in September of 1985 by defeating Larry Holmes,

After his knockout of Mustafo Hamsho in October, 1984 in a mandatory title defense, Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns signed a contract to meet on April 15, 1985 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Both men went on a press tour in January of ’85 to promote the bout, giving fans a Super-Fight to look

When Sugar Ray Leonard officially retired in November of 1982 because of his detached retina, no one knew if he would eventually return, especially since he was only 26 years old. After his bout with Keven Howard on 11, 1984, a win in a disappointing performance, Ray said he would never fight again. He announced

The first closed-circuit boxing broadcast I ever saw live, was the June 20, 1980 fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran. I was in Dallas, Texas for the month of June 1980 in residence training for my first airline job, and bought a $20 ticket to see ‘The Brawl in Montreal’ at the Tarrant