But there would indeed be more — much more — as Leonard, Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler embarked on a series of fights now regarded as the last golden age in boxing. Two of the fights — Hagler-Hearns and Hearns-Leonard — are considered by many in boxing to be two of the greatest fights ever. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“That was the Detroit plane, the ghetto plane,: Arum said. If the four Kings were the Beatles, the excellent writer and announcer Larry Merchant said, Hagler would be Ringo. Boxing was a mainstream sport before greed and incompetence turned it into a niche sideshow populated mostly by a base of hardcore fans.

Source: thestar June 05, 2021 16:52 UTC