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Angelo Dundee, Legendary Trainer of Muhammad Ali, Passes Away at Age 90
Angelo Dundee, who became one of the the greatest and most legendary trainers in boxing history thanks to his tight connection to the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and many others, passed away on Wednesday. He was 90 years old. Along with his standing as one of the great trainers in...
Sugar Ray Leonard Speaks About Aging
I have always liked Sugar Ray Leonard whenever he has made media appearances. I loved when he was featured as a boxing advisor for both The Fighter and Real Steel. I appreciated that he gave his all on the dancing show Dancing with the Stars. Heck, I truly enjoyed his appearance on the Colbert...
Khan vs Peterson: The History of Boxing in Washington, DC
This week especially, but in the overall build-up to Khan vs Peterson on Saturday night at the Convention Center in Washington, DC, we have heard a lot about DC boxing, about rebuilding the sport's presence in the nation's capital, and about the history of the sweet science there. But truth be...
Ward vs Froch: Steve Farhood Ranks the Ten Most Important Fights in Super Middleweight History
Showtime analyst Steve Farhood takes a look at the ten biggest and most significant fights in the short history of the super middleweight division, as Andre Ward and Carl Froch put the finishing touches on their preparation for the December 17 Super Six World Boxing Classic final, and the fight for...
Classic Fight Series: Wilfred Benitez Turns Sugar Ray Leonard Into a Champion
James Foley is back at Bad Left Hook this morning for another look back in time with the Classic Fight Series, this time to the 1979 fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Wilfred Benitez. There comes a moment in the career of every rising young boxer on the cusp of greatness when it's no longer...
Pacquiao vs Marquez: Analyzing the Fight and Boxing's Great Trilogies
Sean Mills joins the Bad Left Hook staff today, looking back at some of history's great boxing trilogies, and where Pacquiao vs Marquez may fit in. Trilogies are special in boxing, or so we are often told. While HBO broadcasters Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant frequently claim that trilogies have a...
Hagler vs Leonard: Hopkins, Merchant, Kimball, the Fighters and More Discuss the Still-Debated Fight
Eric Raskin has a wonderful piece up on Grantland.com right now, which is an oral history of the famous, still-debated 1987 fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Contributing to the piece are Hagler and Leonard themselves, Bernard Hopkins, Larry Merchant, the late George...
Sugar Ray Leonard on Kim Kardashian's Marriage to Kris Humphries
As you have likely heard unless you're too cool to be in the modern world (oh burn!), reality TV star Kim Kardashian got married to New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries last night. How does this relate to boxing? Well... <!-- http://twitter.com/#!/SUGARRAYLEONARD/status/105351393791066112...
Classic Round-by-Round: Sugar Ray Leonard v. Thomas Hearns II
The 1981 Ring Magazine Fight of the Year between then-welterweight and junior middleweight world champion Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas "Hitman" Hearns demanded a rematch as soon as it ended. It took eight years, two Leonard retirements, and some bumps in the road for Hearns for one to come...
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