With the passing of the 1970s golden era of heavyweight boxing, the days of the heavyweights commanding the big crowds and money were gone. In 1980, the welterweights were now the stars of boxing. The ...

It’s an image that lives in boxing lore. The right hand from challenger Thomas Hearns landed with the force of a Mack truck. It caromed off the head of WBA welterweight champion Pipino Cuevas, and ...

With most of the sports world shut down for an indefinite period, we’re looking for creative ways to help fill the void. This is part of a new series documenting the favorite athletes of The ...

One fought undisputed Middleweight Champion Marvin Hagler. In fact Roberto Duran was at the time the only fighter to go the distance with Hagler as Champion, something only Sugar Ray Leonard would ...

DETROIT (AP) - Thomas Hearns scored an eighth-round knockout of John Long on Saturday night in his first fight following a five-year layoff. Long, a 35-year-old St. Louis native who last fought in ...