If you believe in fate, in the alignment of the stars, in destiny, etc, etc, then you will know how the date of September 21st, today’s date, is a very significant one in terms of world heavyweight boxing and the richest prize in sports. » Read More
Michael Spinks: Unbeatable At Light-heavyweight, But Remembered For One Night At Heavyweight
- Leave a CommentHow many fighters are remembered mostly, unfairly, due to their last fight, a crushing and humiliating loss? » Read More
Leon & Michael Spinks Confirmed For HOF Weekend
-The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today Olympic gold medalists and heavyweight champions Leon and Michael Spinks are confirmed to attend the Hall of Fame’s 30th Anniversary celebration during the 2019 Hall of Fame Weekend, June 6-9th. » Read More
Michael Spinks: If he’d retired at 31-0
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df6XnUo1qJg
“It’s not how you come in, it’s how you go out,” Don Dunphy
The late, great boxing announcer, loved and cherished by both radio listeners and TV viewers, was so right. » Read More
Leon & Michael Spinks Confirmed For HOF Weekend
-The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today Olympic gold medalists and heavyweight champions Leon and Michael Spinks are confirmed to attend the 2018 Hall of Fame Weekend in “Boxing’s Hometown” on June 7-10th. » Read More
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Class of ’17 Inductees Announced
-Former world champion Thomas Hearns, who along with Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran dominated boxing in the 1980s and became known collectively as “The Four Kings,” headlines a 14-person class of inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, Hall CEO/president Michelle Corrales-Lewis announced Wednesday. » Read More
Michael Spinks Confirmed For HOF Weekend
-The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today legendary 1976 Olympic gold medalist, two-division world champion and Hall of Famer Michael Spinks is confirmed to participate in festivities planned for the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend June 11-14th. » Read More
This Day in Boxing History: Ali vs. Spinks II – September 15, 1978
-Approximately 13 years before Muhammad Ali ever stepped into a boxing ring with Leon Spinks, then Cassius Clay had overcome great odds by defeating Sonny Liston to become World Heavyweight Champion. » Read More
All Time Historical Survey Series Recap – The Original 8 Weight Classes & P4P
-by Geoffrey Ciani – Over the course of a sixteen month period beginning in June 2009, I conducted a series of surveys that all began with a very simple question: Who are the ten best heavyweights of all time? » Read More