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3 days ago · Thomas Hauser, hall of fame boxing writer and HBO consultant (2012-2019): “They had a great run with Mike Tyson. Then they lost Mike but came back with Riddick Bowe, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis and the Klitschko brothers in the heavyweight division.
5 days ago · Promoted as "The Showdown", Leonard fought Thomas Hearns on September 16, 1981, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to unify the World Welterweight Championship in a scheduled fifteen-rounder. They fought before a live crowd of 23,618.
4 days ago · Boxing came into my life at the age of 32, I went to interview a young boxer named Thomas Hearns and went on to become a boxing writer, boxing publicist, boxing manager and boxing promoter. FM: Your story is narrated in the 2004 biopic film, Against The Ropes. How accurately does this movie portray your personality and career?
13 hours ago · Pro record: 61-2-2 (39 KOs) Super middleweight 12-rounder record: 10-0 (4 KOs) Best wins: KO 11 Caleb Plant, W 12 Callum Smith, W 12 Jermell Charlo. At 34, Canelo may still have some prime-ish ...
4 days ago · The International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), located in Canastota, New York, honors boxers, trainers and other contributors to the sport worldwide. Inductees are selected on ballots created through screened public nominations by members of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
5 days ago · Evander Holyfield is arguably the greatest fighter since the heyday of Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran. Consider his accomplishments: He won an Olympic bronze medal (after a controversial disqualification in the semifinals), is the greatest cruiserweight in the division’s nearly four-decade history and is a four-time heavyweight ...
2 days ago · On the flip side, you have someone like Thomas Hearns, who was unusually tall and lanky for a welterweight. His trainer, Emanuel Steward, adapted Hearns’ style to use his height and reach, developing a devastating straight right hand.