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The Greatest Fight of All Time? – Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler Go to War in a Bout For the Ages

Written by Tré Berry III🖊️ | 09/25/2019

(Excerpt from Marvin Hagler Career Piece)

Iconic Undisputed Middleweight Champion 👑🇺🇸Marvelous Marvin Hagler (60-2-2, 50KO👊) had his eyes set on the defense record established by 🇦🇷Carlos Monzon (14), and Marvin was looking to make the 11th successful defense of his RING/WBA/WBC/IBF world titles…but to get there, he would have to run through another fellow legend in order to keep the ball rolling on his standing as king of the division.

There had been long tensions brewing between two of the most dominant pugilists in the sport of boxing in the 1980’s, and the pot began to boil as a blockbuster super-fight was agreed upon for a date on 🗓️April 15th, 1985 between Hagler, and ever-dangerous reigning RING/WBC Super-Welterweight World Champion 👑🇺🇸Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns (40-1-0, 34KO👊). They had something agreed upon 3 years prior, but had to call the fight off due to a hand injury that Tommy suffered, so they went their own ways. Continue reading “The Greatest Fight of All Time? – Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler Go to War in a Bout For the Ages” →

Fights, International Fights, Weekly Wrap

MurodjonAkhmadaliev Shows to Have Pedigree Above the Gutsy Ryosuke Iwasa – Defends His Unified Titles for First Time by Stoppage

Headlining the show in his native Uzbekistan land, Unified WBA/IBF Super-Bantamweight Champion 🥉🇺🇿Murodjon “MJ” Akhmadaliev (9-0-0, 7KO👊) gave his crowd a small sample of what he is capable of doing, and beat former IBF titlist 🇯🇵Ryosuke Iwasa (27-4-0, 17KO👊) via accumulation of punishment in the 5th round, forcing the Referee to call a stoppage to the bout as Iwasa didn’t offer up any return fire. Continue reading “MurodjonAkhmadaliev Shows to Have Pedigree Above the Gutsy Ryosuke Iwasa – Defends His Unified Titles for First Time by Stoppage” →

Fights, This Weeks Fights

Uzbekistan to Host a Major Card of Home Grown Talent – Headed by Akhmadaliev Looking to Defend World Titles Against Iwasa

Every area around the  🌏globe gets to see their peak days at differing times in boxing, and currently, the country of Uzbekistan is flooded with talent that is beginning to surface at the top levels of the sport. The best of the bunch is former amateur standout, and now reigning Unified WBA/IBF Super-Bantamweight Champion 🥉🇺🇿Murodjon “MJ” Akhmadaliev (8-0-0, 6KO👊) bar none. Continue reading “Uzbekistan to Host a Major Card of Home Grown Talent – Headed by Akhmadaliev Looking to Defend World Titles Against Iwasa” →

Fights, Weekly Wrap

Kyoguchi Introduces Himself to New Spectators, Defeats an Unable to Continue Vega to Defend His Crown

The reigning RING-MAGAZINE/WBA Light-Flyweight World Champion 👑🇯🇵Hiroto Kyoguchi (15-0-0, 10KO👊) made a successful third title defense over 🇲🇽Axel Aragon Vega (14-4-1, 8KO👊) in front of the Texas-home crowd at the 🏟️American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Continue reading “Kyoguchi Introduces Himself to New Spectators, Defeats an Unable to Continue Vega to Defend His Crown” →

Fights, International Fights, This Weeks Fights

A Top-Flight Young Japanese World Champion Hiroto Kyoguchi Set to Make His United States Debut 🗾

Let’s just call it for what it really is…and cut through the overpopulated belt system. There are 1️⃣2️⃣ legitimate World Champions going in the world of boxing today (nine male & three female), and 3 of them happen to be defending on the same fight card on Saturday, in back-to-back-to-back fights. RING-MAGAZINE/WBA Light-Flyweight Champion of the World  👑🇯🇵Hiroto Kyoguchi (14-0-0, 9KO👊) will be the first of the line-up, defending his honor, and doing so on a land that he is unfamiliar with, being that this Continue reading “A Top-Flight Young Japanese World Champion Hiroto Kyoguchi Set to Make His United States Debut 🗾” →