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Here is my list of the top 10 middleweights of all time. 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Sugar Ray Robinson 3. Carlos Monzon 4. Bernard Hopkins 5. Emile Griffith 6. Roy Jones Jr. 7. Canelo Alvarez 8. Gennady Golovkin 9. Gene Fullmer 10. Tony Zale                       […]

After Michael Spinks knocked out Marvin Johnson in March of 1981, he was the next in line to fight for Eddie Mustafa Muhammad’s WBA light heavyweight championship. Muhammad had made a feeble attempt to fight at heavyweight, and lost a ten round decision to young contender Renaldo Snipes. He was never in the fight, and

After his humiliating loss to Sugar Ray Leonard in the infamous ‘No Mas’ fight in November of 1980, Roberto Duran posted two comeback wins in 1981 over Nino Gonzalez and Luigi Minchillo to earn another title shot. This one for Wilfred Benitez’s WBC super-welterweight belt that he captured in May of 1981 with a one

When George Foreman lost to Tommy Morrison in June of 1993, he announced his retirement in the ring after the fight. It was a sad night for me, his career ending on such a sour note. I figured I would remember the highlights of George’s comeback starting in 1987, and all the pleasant memories it

After his loss to Sugar Ray Leonard in September of 1981, Thomas Hearns jumped right to the middleweight division in his next bout. He beat tough journeyman Ernie Singletary on the undercard of the Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick fight on December 11th. He followed that up with a first round knockout of veteran Marcus

Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini was an up and coming young star on the boxing scene in 1981, when he signed to fight the classy and terrific WBC lightweight champion Alexis Arguello on October 3, 1981 in Atlantic City. Mancini often talked about wanting to win the title for his father Lenny, a talented fighter in

Sean O’Grady was born in Austin, Texas on February 10, 1959. His family moved to Oklahoma City at age 11, and he began his professional boxing career at the ridiculously young age of 15. He earned the nickname the ‘Bubblegum Kid’ by chewing gum on his walk into the ring. He had an incredible record

Here is my opinion of the 10 greatest heavyweight punchers of all time in no particular order: 1. George Foreman 2. Lennox Lewis 3. Mike Tyson 4. Earnie Shavers 5. Joe Frazier 6. Sonny Liston 7. Rocky Marciano 8. Joe Louis 9. Jack Dempsey 10. Jack Johnson                

Michael Spinks set up training camp for his bout with Gerry Cooney at the Trump Castle Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. I had the privilege to see him train in person for the last two weeks or so before the fight. His camp was set up in a glass florist shop outside the hotel that

After his defeat of Tangstad in September of 1986, Michael and his promoter Butch Lewis looked for the opponent that could bring him the most money possible. They decided on Gerry Cooney, who had launched another comeback in May of ’86 with a one round knockout of Eddie Gregg in San Francisco. The bout was