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Sugar Ray Leonard made his professional debut on February 5, 1977, vs. Luis “The Bull” Vega at the Baltimore Civic Center. It was broadcast live on CBS TV, and Ray received $38,000 for his first pro bout. Sugar Ray won all six rounds against the hard-headed Vega, who never hit the canvas. All in all, […]

Ray Charles Leonard was born on May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina. His family moved to Washington, D.C., when he was 3, and settled in Palmer Park, Maryland. Ray grew up as a quiet kid who really didn’t get into any trouble. He started boxing at the urging of his older brother Roger at

This is the List of my Top 10 Favorite Knockouts of All-Time. 1. Thomas Hearns. vs. Roberto Duran. June 15, 1984. Caesar’s Palace; Las Vegas, Nevada. Hearns by 2nd round KO. 2. Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas. February 11, 1990. Tokyo Dome; Tokyo, Japan. Douglas by 10th round KO. 3. Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman

After getting beat up and knocked out by Lennox Lewis on June 8, 2002, Mike Tyson made no plans to return to the ring until 2003. In November, he announced that he would return to the Pyramid in Memphis on February 22 to face Clifford Etienne on Showtime. Etienne had good success early in his

Mike Tyson fought just once in 2001, on October 13, 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark against Brian Nielsen. Tyson dropped the pudgy Nielsen in the third round, and pounded on him until he refused to answer the bell for the seventh. It was one less obstacle that separated Tyson from facing Lennox Lewis for the championship,

After serving jail time again, Mike Tyson was released on May 24, 1999. Don King signed Orlin Norris to be his next opponent on October 23rd back at the MGM in Las Vegas. When I sat in my recliner to watch the bout on Showtime, I figured that the crafty Norris could last into the

After Tyson was disqualified for biting both of Evander Holyfield’s ears on June 28, 1997, he was fined $3 million, and his boxing license was revoked. That ban would last a little over 15 months, before it was lifted on October 18, 1998. The opponent Don King chose for him next was Francois Botha, the

Evander Holyfield stopped Mike Tyson in the 11th round of their first bout on November 9, 1996, and the public cried for a rematch immediately afterwards. I went home on a high after Evander’s huge win, which helped me get through a difficult winter season to say the least. The original date for the rematch

After Tyson knocked out Bruce Seldon in one round on September 7, 1996 at the MGM in Las Vegas, a press conference was held after the fight. The November 9 card named ‘Finally’, would match Tyson and Evander Holyfield, who had two previous meeting cancelled for different reasons. After Holyfield’s May 10 sub-par performance against

After winning the WBC version of the heavyweight title in March of 1996, Mike Tyson was signed to face WBA champion Bruce Seldon, known as the ‘Atlantic City Express’, on September 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Seldon was a 6 ft. 1 1/4 inch muscular boxer, with a glass chin, who I