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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

‘The Fight’, as it was named, was set for April 15, 1985 at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns went on a press tour in early 1985 to promote their bout, with Tommy predicting a third round knockout of Hagler. As much as I admired and respected Hearns, there was no

After his close call win over Roberto Duran on November 10, 1983, Marvin Hagler (who legally changed his name to Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1982) signed to take on tough Juan Domingo Roldan on March 30, 1984 at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. The bout was being broadcast live on HBO, and with no

When Hagler signed to fight to fight Roberto Duran, I found out where the closest place to my house was to watch the fight on closed-circuit. The Hyatt Hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey was about 6 miles from my house, and I decided to drive there a few weeks before the November 10th fight

Marvin Hagler traveled to Wembley Arena in London, England on Saturday, September 27, 1980 to challenge Alan Minter for his middleweight crown. I tuned in to catch the action on ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and was glad that I did. Marvin was aggressive from the opening bell, pressured Minter and dominated the entire bout.