Tag: Sugar Ray Leonard

Classic Combat, History, vintage boxing

A Super Fights Super-Fight – With Expectations at its Zenith, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Thomas Hearns Put Forth a War For the Ages, That Defined an Entire Generation

Written by Tré Berry III🖊️ | 09/16/2021

On this date 🗓️September 16th, 1981 – Forty years ago to the day…a super-fight was fought, and its action established itself as one of the greatest Welterweight Championship bouts in boxing history, as well as one of its greatest events. Both at the top of their game, brimmed with expectation, and both in their prime, Gold-Medalist, and Ring-Magazine/WBA Welterweight Champion of the World 👑🥇🇺🇸Sugar Ray Leonard (30-1-0, 21KO👊) and dangerous unbeaten WBC Champion 👑🇺🇸Thomas “Hitman” Hearns (32-0-0, 30KO👊) met for their pivotal unification bout for Undisputed World Champion, in a bout that was pivotal for their legacy. Continue reading “A Super Fights Super-Fight – With Expectations at its Zenith, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Thomas Hearns Put Forth a War For the Ages, That Defined an Entire Generation” →

Classic Combat, History, vintage boxing

Looking for Payback, the Sugar Man Does the Unthinkable and Makes Him Quit (Leonard vs. Duran II)

On this date, 🗓️November 25th, 1980, immeasurably gifted talent 👑🥇🇺🇸“Sugar” Ray Leonard (27-1-0, 18KO) and legendary Panamanian LINEAL/WBC World Welterweight Champion 👑🇵🇦Roberto Duran (72-1-0, 56KO) met for their worldly anticipated rematch that took place at the Superdome in 🏟️New Orleans, Louisiana. Continue reading “Looking for Payback, the Sugar Man Does the Unthinkable and Makes Him Quit (Leonard vs. Duran II)” →

History, Talking Legends, vintage boxing

Talking Legends:📽️ Wilfred Benitez

By Tré Berry III🖊️ | 09/09/2020

Some people are born with talent who are unable to harness it, and some have natural abilities that can be 🔑unlocked through repetition and hard work. There are also those who classify as prodigies, whose talent overrides the natural progression that one is supposed to take in harnessing those skills, which enables everything to come easy for them. That there describes 👑🇺🇸🇵🇷Wilfred “El Radar” Benitez (53-8-1, 31KO👊) to a “T”. He was as natural a talent that boxing has ever seen, with nearly unrivaled defensive capabilities. Continue reading “Talking Legends:📽️ Wilfred Benitez” →

In Depth, Things We've Noticed

Things We’ve Noticed:🤔 The Resourceful Bounce Back Nature of the 🥇Olympic Gold-Medalist

By Tré Berry III🖊️ | 12/05/2019

A combined record of ✅86 wins – 46 losses❌…interesting, but what record does that pertain to? 🤔that is the cumulative results throughout all of boxing history when 🥇Olympic Gold-Medalists at the professional level fight in rematches against a non-Gold-Medal recipient boxer that they had previously lost to. The “86” represents those Gold-Medalists that won gold, and the “46” represents fights in which those Gold-Medalists couldn’t turn it around, losing yet again to the same boxer – all of that amounting to a solid 65.2% success rate for amateur boxers of that creed. Continue reading “Things We’ve Noticed:🤔 The Resourceful Bounce Back Nature of the 🥇Olympic Gold-Medalist” →