Are you, as a boxing junkie, feeling the pain of withdrawal symptoms yet? There are of course far more serious issues and problems to be dealt with during the ongoing … Read more
Immortal ring legend Thomas Hearns, the first man in boxing history to win world titles at four different weights – 147, 154, 160 and 175, though not in that order … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFTqRjXPXBMVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Tommy “Hit Man” Hearns vs Tough Doug DeWitt NABF Middleweight Championship This Day October 17, 1986 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFTqRjXPXBM) Which prevails when a pulverizing … Read more
September 16th 1981. Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Fight fans were the happy and all too eager recipients of a Super-fight that lived up to all Super-fights on this day 38 … Read more
Boxing legend Thomas Hearns lost just five fights during his incredible (and incredibly long) pro career – As fight fans know, from 147 right up to cruiserweight, “The Hitman” conquered … Read more
Arguably, next to the heavyweight and the middleweight divisions, the welterweight division captures the attention, and the imagination of fight fans, the most. And there’s a reason for this. Some … Read more
Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns, the two greatest welterweights of their era, had met in 1981. A boxing classic had ensued, with Leonard sensationally rallying to stop Hearns, who … Read more
Twelve letters: Hagler Hearns. Or six letters: The War. However you spell it out, the magnificent fight that took place 34 years ago today is in a category all by … Read more
Thomas Hearns versus Evander Holyfield: who wins? Or who would have won? This particular Dream Fight actually came pretty close to happening, believe it or not. Back in the early … Read more
Tough clubfighter Shannon Landberg of Indiana holds a footnote in boxing history: that of being the final ring opponent of the legendary Thomas Hearns. It was this day in February … Read more
