The legendary “Hitman,” Thomas Hearns today celebrates his 62nd birthday. One of the finest welterweights, light-middleweights, super-middleweights, and light-heavyweights in boxing history, the feared and famed Detroit superstar enjoyed a … Read more
It would prove to be the first of many – many world titles won and many great nights for Thomas Hearns. It was 40 years ago when the great Thomas … Read more
As fight fans know, the nine-year, nine-fight rivalry known as “The Four Kings” gave us plenty of drama, to put it mildly. Great two-way fights that went the distance, devastating … Read more
In a long and heavily distinguished career that was filled with so many great wins, living legend Thomas Hearns picked up the final truly great victory of his ring career … Read more
If the great Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard fight of June of 1980 wasn’t special enough, this titanic battle was the very first super-fight in the nine-fight series four legendary lower … Read more
Three-and-a-half decades ago today – April 15, 1985 – an epic fight, a slugfest, a war, took place. The date of April 15, 1985 is a most familiar one with … Read more
Thomas Hearns had the fight won; all he had to do was stick and move and be content to further batter his rival’s ruined face and await the timely intervention … Read more
British boxing fans were so excited. It was going to be great: a sold-out, rocking MEN Arena in the heart of Manchester, packed to the rafters with knowledgeable boxing fans … Read more