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Manny Pacquiao set the boxing world on fire with his announcement that he is returning to the ring on July 20 (Manila time) for a showdown with reigning WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios of San ...
Leonard captured world honours for the first time in 1979 when he defeated Wilfred Benitez via stoppage in the final round of ...
When it comes to sports, Sugar Ray Leonard may have finally met his match. After professionally boxing in the ring from 1977 ...
Teddy Atlas believes that Terence Crawford has got that Sugar Ray Leonard element to his game that will enable him to move up to 168 to defeat undisputed ...
Now running the Sugar Ray ... people,’” Leonard says. “I’d just get angry about that. And go and have a drink.” Little did the public know, but Leonard abused alcohol — and also turned to hard drugs ...
Sugar Ray Leonard ... lived up to the hype, with Leonard and Hearns engaging in an epic back-and-forth battle. Leonard, showing his resilience and heart, mounted a comeback in the later rounds after ...
Duran’s ‘No Mas’ fight with Leonard is one of the best known bouts in boxing history. Although Leonard debunked the myth, Duran was rumoured to have said ‘No mas’ in the fight, not wanting to compete ...
He sees Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford as a similar fight to Marvin Hagler vs Sugar Ray Leonard. They fought in 1987 with Ray Leonard walking out of the contest with a split decision win.
A fourth-round head clash left Sugar Ray bleeding from above his left eye ... Leonard talked about how much more slowly an old, inactive fighter’s body recuperates from injury and even simple ...
Sugar Ray Leonard is best known for his wins over Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, and Marvin Hagler, but his career was full of moments that show just how great a fighter he was. From Leonard’s win over ...
THE richest fight in boxing history produced one of the sport’s most controversial decisions as Sugar Ray ... before Leonard was forced into retirement by his eye injury. Neither is clearly ...
It was a controversial fight even before the first bell, this as former welterweight king Leonard was coming back after having his eye surgically repaired, the retinal injury forcing Sugar Ray to ...