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THOMAS HEARNS HEADLINES STAR-LADEN CLASS OF INDUCTEES INTO NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME

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Spinks brothers, Michael Carbajal, Erik Morales and Salvador Sanchez are also among the greats to be honored Augusti. 12 at Caesars Palace.
LAS VEGAS – Förre världsmästaren Thomas Hearns, som tillsammans med Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler och Roberto Duran dominated boxing in the 1980s and became known collectively as “The Four Kings,” headlines a 14-person class of inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, Hall CEO/president Michelle Corrales-Lewis announced Wednesday.
Hearns was chosen in the non-Nevada resident boxer category, along with Michael Spinks, Erik Morales, Michael Carbajal, women’s boxing star Lucia Rijker and Salvador Sanchez. Elected in the Nevada resident boxer category was Ken Norton, Leon Spinks and Richie Sandoval.
Chosen in the non-boxer category were referee Davey Pearl, public relations specialist Debbie Munch, promoter Mel Greb, trainer/cut man Rafael Garcia and Nevada Athletic Commission chair Dr. Elias Ghanem.
Norton, Sanchez, Greb and Ghanem will be inducted posthumously.
The members of the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s star-studded fifth-induction class will be honored at a gala dinner at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Lördag, Augusti. 12. Ticket will be released Thursday, February 16th at 12pm on NVBHOF.com .
“We are very proud of this class of inductees, and it contains some of the greatest fighters who ever lived,” Corrales-Lewis said. “I’m looking forward to our gala dinner when we can honor these richly deserving people and allow their fans to say hello.”
Hearns was one of the standouts during the 1980s and participated in a series of great bouts in Las Vegas with Leonard, Hagler and Duran. His 1985 bout with Hagler at Caesars Palace is still regarded by many as the greatest fight in boxing history.
The Spinks brothers, Michael and Leon, become the first set of brothers inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Both won gold medals for the U.S. vid 1976 Olympics in Montreal and then went on to win world titles in the pros.
Norton, known primarily for a series of close bouts with the legendary Muhammad Ali, also competed in one of the great heavyweight title bouts ever. He lost the WBC title by a razor-thin decision to Larry Holmes in 1978, among the finest heavyweight championship fights ever held.
Pearl was among the best referees of all-time and worked more than 70 championship bouts. He was the referee for both Leon Spinks’ chockerande 1978 upset of Ali as well as for Leonard’s dramatic 14th-round knockout of Hearns in 1981.
The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame is an IRS 501 (c)3 charity and all donations are tax deductible. The Hall’s charitable contributions over the five years since its formation have helped boxers in need and boxing-related charities. Donations are welcome.
The Hall was founded in 2013 by noted boxing broadcaster Rich Marotta.
För mer information, phone 702-3NVBHOF, eller 702-368-2463.
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE NEW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Michael Carbajal – Best known as the first junior flyweight to earn a $1 million purse, Carbajal won world titles at junior flyweight and flyweight. Known as “Little Hands of Stone” for his punching power, Carbajal was 49-4 med 33 Kos.
His rivalry with Humberto “Petite” Gonzalez was one of the best of the early 1990s and their 1993 fight was The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year. I 2004, The Ring named Carbajal as the best junior flyweight in history.
Han var 98-10 as an amateur and won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Sydkorea.
Thomas Hearns – Hearns, 58, won recognized world titles at welterweight, super weltervikt, mellanvikt, super middleweight and light heavyweight during a career in which he went 61-5-1 med 48 Kos.
He’s most remembered for his savage three-round battle with Hagler in 1985, but he participated in many of the decade’s biggest and most electric bouts. He fought in Las Vegas 16 gånger, gå 11-4-1 med nio knockouts.
Erik Morales – One of the most exciting fighters of the early part of the 2000s, Morales is best known for his series of outstanding fights with arch rival Marco Antonio Barrera. Morales went 52-9 med 36 knockouts but is best known for his trilogy with Barrera, two of which were named Ring Fight of the year.
Morales won major world titles at super bantamweight, fjäder, super featherweight and super lightweight, becoming the first Mexican born fighter to win titles in four weight classes.
He also engaged in a spectacular trilogy with Manny Pacquiao, beating him in the first and dropping the last two.
Ken Norton – Though he was the heavyweight champion before losing his belt to Larry Holmes in one of the great title bouts ever, Norton was best known for his three fights with the legendary Muhammad Ali. Norton defeated Ali in 1973 in San Diego in their first bout, breaking Ali’s jaw.
Ali won the two subsequent bouts, innefattande en 1976 match at Yankee Stadium for the title. Some observers believe Norton deserved to win all three fights.
The Holmes fight was sensational and the two men stood in the center of the ring at Caesars and slugged it out in the 15th och sista omgången.
Lucia Rijker – Rijker is regarded as one of, if not the best, women boxers in history. She was 17-0 med 14 knockouts in boxing and was 37-0-1 med 25 knockouts as a kick boxer.
In her boxing career, she scored dominant wins over the likes of Jane Couch, Marcela Acuna and Chevelle Hallback.
She later appeared in the Oscar-winning film, “Million Dollar Baby.“
Salvador Sanchez – Sanchez tragically died in an auto accident in Mexico at just 23 år gammal, robbing the world of one of the elite fighters in history well before his time. Sanchez was 44-1-1 med 32 knockouts and was the lineal featherweight champion from 1980 until his death in 1982.
He won the title by knocking out Danny “Lilla Röd” Lopez, but is best known for a dominating eighth-round stoppage of Wilfredo Gomez. Gomez was 33-0 med 32 knockouts but was no match for Sanchez.
Richie Sandoval – Sandoval held the bantamweight title for two years, but his career, as great as it was, is a question of what might have been. Han var en medlem av 1980 US. Olympic boxing team, but he lost his chance at a medal when President Carter decided to boycott the Games in Moscow.
Sandoval won the first 29 fights of his pro career, racking up 17 knockouts, and beat the great Jeff Chandler for the bantamweight belt.
But tragically, Sandoval suffered serious boxing related injuries in a 1986 bout with Gaby Canizales and was forced to retire.
Leon Spinks – Spinks is most known for upsetting Muhammad Ali in 1978 in just his eighth pro fight to win the heavyweight championship. He lost the title in a rematch and failed in two other attempts to win a title. He was stopped by Larry Holmes in a heavyweight title fight in 1981 and lost a cruiserweight title challenge in Reno to Dwight Muhammad Qawi in 1986.
A colorful figure known as “Neon” Leon, he was an acclaimed amateur who was 178-7 med 133 KOs and the light heavyweight gold at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
He finished his professional career with a 26-17-3 mark and 14 Kos.
Michael Spinks – Spinks was 31-1 in his career and won both the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles. He moved up from light heavyweight to defeat Larry Holmes at the Riviera in 1985, denying Holmes the opportunity to go 49-0 and match Rocky Marciano’s record.
He won the light heavyweight title in his 17th pro fight in 1981 at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas when he bested the much more experienced Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. Spinks held the light heavyweight title for four years, before giving it up to move to heavyweight to fight Holmes.
EN 1976 OS-guldmedaljören, Spinks‘ only pro loss came in his final fight when he was knocked out by Mike Tyson in a bout for the undisputed heavyweight title.
NON-BOXER INDUCTEE BIOGRAPHIES
Rafael Garcia – Garcia, 87, is best known for his cap he wears festooned with pins and for working as Floyd Mayweather’s hand wrapper. But he had a long career as both a cut man and a trainer and was outstanding at both. He worked with elite fighters such as Mayweather, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello and Wilfredo Gomez.
Dr. Elias Ghanem – Ghanem as the long-time chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission, and was responsible for helping it to earn the moniker, “The greatest commission in the world.”
Ghanem, a physician whose patients once included Elvis Presley, played a key role in the hearings after Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield, and also was instrumental in bringing the Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad bout to Las Vegas in 1999.
Mel Greb – Known as “The father of professional boxing in Southern Nevada,” Greb was a promoter and matchmaker who first brought Muhammad Ali to Nevada. Then known as Cassius Clay, Greb promoted Ali’s seventh pro fight in 1961. That week, he introduced Ali to wrestler “Gorgeous” George, and Ali patterned himself after George in many ways.
Greb died in 1996 vid 75 år gammal.
Debbie Munch – Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was a legendary host for many of boxing’s biggest fights in the 1980s and early 1990s, and Munch, a public relations expert, was instrumental in it.
She was widely respected by promoters, boxers and the media and helped many journalists immeasurably with their boxing coverage.
Davey Pearl – Pearl was small of stature, but was a giant as a referee. He worked more than 70 world title bouts, including Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks and Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns.
Pearl was also a highly regarded judge.
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TOP WELTERWEIGHTS: THURMAN-PORTER WINNER TOO CLOSE TO CALL

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Detta Lördag, Juni 25, Live in Primetime at 9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT på CBS
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NEW YORK (Juni 22, 2016) – Their peers in the welterweight division – världsmästare, former champions, contenders and top prospects – can’t pick a definitive winner between defending WBA 147-pound king Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 Kos) och tidigare världsmästare “Showtime” Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 Kos).
The majority of the fighters polled – some of whom are potential opponents down the line for the winner – lean toward Thurman, but most all concede that Lördagens eagerly awaited main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions (9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT) at Barclays Center is going to be an intense, spännande, tight fight from start to finish that could go either way.
Here’s how the boxers see “Thurman vs. Bär”:
Danny Garcia (WBC Welterweight Champion): “I think this is a great matchup. Thurman has the boxing ability and the movement while Shawn Porter is the aggressor and he’s going to bring the heat. To be honest with you it’s a 50-50 slagsmål, but I would give the edge to Keith Thurman by a very close decision.”
Kell Brook (IBF Welterweight Champion):”This is a great fight, one I can’t wait to watch. If Shawn can stick to his boxing I think he can become world champion again on points, but Keith is heavy-handed and he could walk Shawn onto one – it’s really a pick ’em fight for me.”
Errol Spence Jr. (Undefeated Weltervikt Conte): “I think this is a great fight between young fighters with good skill. Shawn throws a lot of punches while Thurman is a boxer who can punch too. I know Shawn will be aggressive and it should make for a great fight. If Keith can box and keep Shawn Porter on the outside I see Keith Thurman winning. If Shawn stays on the inside and stays in the chest of Keith, I see him winning.”
Andre Berto (Former Welterweight Champion): “Shawn is going to come, but I think Keith will be on his toes and box but also drop hard shots as well when Shawn comes in. Keith can be very versatile in there and has a lot of great skills, while Shawn is more like a bull. Keith will hurt or knock Shawn down but will keep coming all night.”
Sammy Vazquez (Undefeated Weltervikt Conte): “Shawn is a pressure fighter and Thurman used to be a pressure fighter but now he boxes. It’s really hard for me to decide who is going to come out on top. Thurman has good power. It all depends on how Shawn is able to take Thurman’s punches. I think Thurman because of the power but Shawn will bring it for 12 rounds.”
Robert Guerrero (Former Welterweight Champion): “This is a fight the fans are going to love watching. Both Thurman and Porter bring exciting styles to the ring. I think if Porter can keep the fight on the inside he’ll have a better chance to come out victorious. But Keith Thurman is a very smart and powerful fighter and will make the right adjustments. I just think Thurman is going to outbox Porter. I’m picking Thurman to win by decision in a very tough fight.”
Luis Collazo (Former Welterweight Champion): “I’m not sure who the favorite is, but I’m going with Porter. I like his style and I think it’s going to be interesting to see how Thurman holds up with the pressure Porter is going to bring.”
Devon Alexander (Former Welterweight Champion): “Det är en mycket spännande kamp. Both fighters are come forward type fighters and they swing for the fences when they throw. I don’t know who will come out on top because they have similar styles. Shawn Porter has decent power, but out of the two Keith has the more power. Vi får se. This is boxing.”
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The live CBS telecast with open with a 10-round matchup between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd ochOscar Molina
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Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter Undercard Complete

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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsLördag vid Barclays Center i Brooklyn
Mer! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Juni 21, 2016) – The stacked undercard for the highly anticipated Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter welterweight showdown is complete and will feature a pair of popular Brooklyn fighters as heavyweight Adam Kownacki (13-0, 10 Kos) battles hard-hitting Jesse Barboza (11-1-1, 7 Kos) in an eight-round bout while crowd-pleasing featherweight Heather “The Heat” Hardy (16-0, 4 Kos) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Kos) in an eight-round contest on Lördag, Juni 25från Barclays Center.
Den Juni 25 Showtime MÄSTERSKAP BOXNING® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman och tidigare mästare Shawn Porter. Televised täckning börjar på 9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd och Oscar Molina.
Additional undercard action features unbeaten prospect Jonathan Alonso taking on Los Angeles native Brian Jones in a junior welterweight match, Bronx native Josue Vargas opposing Oklahoma’s David Nelson in a four-round welterweight bout and a recent addition to the card, Puerto Rico Nicklaus Flaz, in a four-round junior middleweight battle against Brooklyn’s Mack Babb.
Completed matchups that were previously announced include fast-rising prospect David Benavidez (14-0, 13 Kos) tar på Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Kos) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Kos) kontra Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Kos) i en 10-runda bout.
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A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy har blivit en stapelvara på arenan sedan. På Juni 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. För lite mer än två år efter sin pro debut, Hardy vann en internationell titel bälte i super bantamvikt divisionen i oktober 2014. I 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 slagsmål, she stopped Anna Donatella Hultin in the fourth round. She will be opposed by Aurora, Colorado’s Simmons who has won nine fights in a row after losing her pro debut.
A two-time New York Golden Gloves champion, Kownacki had a big 2015, notching four victories including knockouts of Maurenzo Smith and Randy Easton. Born in Lomza, Polen, the 26-year-old now calls Brooklyn home. His 2016 campaign began in January at Barclays Center when he defeated Danny Kelly in front of a raucous Polish crowd. He will take on Barboza out of Hyannis, Massachusetts. The 29-year-old Barboza was a three-time New England Heavyweight Golden Gloves champion.
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Sugar Ray Leonard & Thomas Hearns, Two Hall of Fame Welterweight Champions, Weigh-In on the Keith Thurman-Shawn Porter 147-Pound Championship Battle at Barclays Center on Saturday, Juni 25 Live on CBS

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“The winner of Thurman-Porter will immediately move into the
welterweight penthouse.” – Leonard
“I know that Porter and Thurman both have the ability to get each other out of there. It’s going to be a matter of who gets to who first.” –Hearns
NEW YORK (JUNI 20, 2016) – Sugar Ray Leonard och Thomas “Hitman” Hearns might be uniquely qualified to talk about what WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman och “Showtime” Shawn Porter are thinking and feeling heading into their battle that pits two men against each other who are in their primes in a highly charged battle for supremacy in the talent-laden welterweight division.
The highly anticipated showdown headlines Showtime MÄSTERSKAP BOXNING® på CBS presented by Premier Boxning Champions (PBC) with televised coverage starting at 9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT.
Leonard had a record of 30-1 med 21 KOs and held the WBC welterweight title when he took on Hearns, som var 32-0 med 30 KOs and held the WBA title, in a 15-round title unification match in Las Vegas on September 16, 1981. The match was billed as “The Showdown” and had a worldwide television audience of 300 milj.
The fight was a pitched back-and-forth battle, but Hearns appeared to be in control having won rounds nine through 12 på alla tre domare’ styrkort. It was between rounds 12 och 13 that Leonard’s trainer, the late Angelo Dundee, famously screamed at Leonard: “You’re blowing it now, son! You’re blowing it!”
Leonard, with his left eye badly swollen, turned the tide in the 14th round by staggering Hearns with an overhand right and then pinning Hearns on the ropes and unleashing a barrage of punches, which prompted referee Davey Pearl to stop the fight, giving Leonard the victory and making him the undisputed welterweight champion and king of the division. At the time of the stoppage Hearns was leading on all three scorecards – 124-122, 125-122 och 125-121.
“It was the toughest fight of my life. It took every ounce of will and strength to beat Tommy Hearns. I couldn’t have taken that many of those in my career,” Leonard said. “The Tommy Hearns fight was the one that propelled me to the penthouse.”
Leonard felt like the victory over Hearns launched him into superstardom. He believes the same thing awaits the winner of Thurman-Porter.
Hearns on the fight: “I wanted to show my world my boxing ability. They knew I could knock people out, but they didn’t know that I could box very well.”
Both Leonard and Hearns said they are anxiously awaiting the match between Thurman and Porter because they believe it will hold just as much drama as their match 35 år sedan.
“Ja, you can make the comparison,” Leonard said. “Both guys are at the top of the welterweight division. The only thing that’s different is that me and Tommy were so well known by sports fans. We were on TV a lot, and that’s what built our names and gave people the chance to see us so much. And that’s what they’re doing now with the PBC and the shows being on network TV. This could be a fight like ours. Vem vet? But I do know that the fans are waiting on this fight.”
HOW DO YOU PREPARE TO FACE THE BEST MAN IN YOUR DIVISION?
HEARNS: “It’s always hard to get prepared for someone like that because you think about what the outcome is going to be and what are your chances of winning the fight. I never thought about losing, but I thought about what my chances were.
I knew if I went out and boxed the way I knew I could box, I would beat Ray. Just the thought of fighting Ray brought a lot of questions to my mind. Some I had answers to and some I didn’t have. Most other guys I knew I could go out there and knock them out.”
WHAT EXCITES YOU ABOUT THIS MATCHUP?
LEONARD: “Just the heart of Keith and Shawn. Both of these guys have heart and both have that will. That composure. You can’t teach composure. It’s something that you either have or you don’t. You can’t learn that. That deep, deep composure when your left eye is closed and your liver is busted and you got to get up on the canvas.”
HEARNS: “I know Thurman and Porter have the ability to get each other out of there. It’s going to be a matter of who gets to who first. I’m definitely watching. I hope to be there in person.”
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE MENTAL ASPECT OF THIS MATCH?
HEARNS: “I know what it’s like to go against somebody that people don’t think you can beat. You have to prepare for that. It’s a mental stage that you go through, how you prepare your mind. If you can control your mind and tell your body what you’re going to do, then you can do it. You can’t worry about how good the other guy can punch. Just stay out of the way. Keep on laying that stick on him and he won’t be able to punch you.”
WHAT WAS YOUR MENTALITY GOING INTO THE MATCH AGAINST LEONARD?
HEARNS: “I didn’t come to go 12 eller 15 rundor. I came to whip your butt and go home. I had no desire to go 15 rundor. I trained for it, but I was never going 15 rounds.”
WHAT WAS YOUR MENTALITY GOING INTO THE MATCH AGAINST HEARNS?
LEONARD: “I felt that I could beat anyone. My brother Roger didn’t think I could beat Tommy. He didn’t tell me that until it was over. In training camp I used to box Roger and he would land a lot of right hands. He figured if Tommy’s right hand landed on me it would be over. My brother didn’t have much confidence in me.”
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En legendarisk marsch genom årtiondena - SHOWTIME SPORTS® FORTSÄTTER FEST 30 ÅR MED SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®

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Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo Lopez, George Foreman & Mer utställt i mars

 

Klicka HÄR För en titt tillbaka på några av de legendariska ögonblicken på SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: http://s.sho.com/1RkA3CE

 

NEW YORK (Mars 2, 2016) - Showtime Sports rullar ut sin tredje del av en årslång hyllning till minne av 30 år av Showtime MÄSTERSKAP BOXNING i mars med "Legends" ".

 

Denna månad kommer att framhävas av legenderna Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez och George Foreman. Sju av de mest oförglömliga och viktiga striderna från dessa legender - varav några sällan har sänts sedan deras livepresentation - finns nu på nätverkets on demand-plattformar och kommer att sändas på “Throwback torsdagar”i mars kl 10 p.m. OCH/PT på SHOWTIME EXTREME.

 

Den Torsdag, Mars 10 presentation av Marvin Hagler vs.. John Mugabi sänder exakt 30 år efter den slutliga vinsten i Haglers Hall of Fame-karriär i mars 10, 1986. Hagler vs.. Mugabi var det första huvudevenemanget som någonsin sändes på SHOWTIME®.

 

De klassiska striderna, som också finns tillgängliga på SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, Showtime ANYTIME® och via nätverkets fristående streamingtjänst, kommer att förpackas med kort sammanhang och kommentarer från SHOWTIME Sports-värd Brian Custer.

 

Nedan finns schemat för SHO EXTREME-premiärer för mars månad:

  • I morgon, Torsdag, Mars 3: Terry Norris vs.. Sugar Ray Leonard
  • Torsdag, Mars 10: Marvin Hagler vs.. John Mugabi
  • Torsdag, Mars 17: Felix Trinidad vs.. David Reid
  • Torsdag, Mars 24: Ricardo Lopez vs.. Rosendo Alvarez II
  • Torsdag, Mars 31: Iran Barkley vs.. Thomas Hearns I, George Foreman vs.. Gerry Cooney (10:15 p.m. OCH/PT), Gerald McClellan vs.. Julian Jackson I (10:30 p.m. ET / PT)

 

För att fira de bästa rivaliteterna på SHOWTIME, se nedan för en speciell kolumn från SHOWTIME Sports expertanalytiker och boxningshistoriker Steve Farhood.

 

LEGENDS

Av Steve Farhood

 

Boxning utan legender skulle vara som religion utan helgon.

Det finns ingen formel för en kämpe att gå vidare från stjärna till superstjärna till legend. Processen beror på tidpunkten, omständighet, och ibland så lite som en poäng eller två på domarna’ kort.

Och åh, ja: Det hjälper om en kille verkligen kan slåss.

När vi firar 30 år av boxning på SHOWTIME, vi fokuserar på ett annat tema varje månad. Hela mars, temat blir legender.

I 130 år från John L.. Sullivan till Floyd Mayweather, boxning har gett oss vad andra sporter inte kan erbjuda. Överväga:

  • Associated Press röstade Luis Firpo: s knockdown av Jack Dempsey som det största sportmomentet under första hälften av 1900-talet.
  • Frazier-Ali "Century Fight" i 1971 var lätt det mest efterlängtade sportevenemanget i historien.
  • Förra årets kamp mot Mayweather-Pacquiao genererade mer än en halv miljard dollar — på en natt!

Legender skapas av stora ögonblick … och hur de svarar på dessa stunder.

På SHOWTIME, vi har presenterat legender för tre decennier. Här är en titt på de som kommer att dela rampljuset i mars.

MARVIN HAGLER: Eftersom Vince Lombardi inte precis sa det, ”Timing är inte allt, det är det enda,”Hagler borde ha sagt det.

Hagler var en stor kämpe långt innan han var en superstjärna, men det var inte förrän han kämpade mot Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, och Sugar Ray Leonard (tre av Haglers senaste sex matcher) att Marvin blev underbar.

Haglers ett utseende på SHOWTIME, som råkar vara den första tv-sändningen i nätverket (Mars 1986), var den sista vinsten i hans karriär. Obesegrad över 10 år, Hagler hade etablerat sig som en av de största mellanvikterna i historien. Och medan det kunde hävdas i efterhand att i åldern 31, den ultimata militärkämpen var något förbi hans bästa, mycket av det som gjorde Hagler speciellt ställdes ut under hans brutala försvar mot sin obesegrade och grymma utmanare, John Mugabi.

Nästan tre decennier efter hans pension, Hagler förblir medelvikt dagens 160 pund mäts mot.

Sugar Ray Leonard: Om Hagler blommade sent, Leonard var en superstjärna innan han kastade ett enda slag som professionell.

Tillbaka i mitten av 70-talet, det är vad ett magnetiskt leende, en olympisk guldmedalj, och upprepad exponering på bästa sändningstv skulle kunna göra för en ung kämpe.

Det är ironiskt att Leonard ursprungligen betraktades av vissa som ett skitligt skapande av media. I själva verket, han var lika tuff som någon kämpe från den stjärnbelagda tidiga 80-talet. Ännu bättre, han är fortfarande den bästa kämpen jag har täckt in 38 år på boxningsslaget.

Leonards utseende på SHOWTIME var hans näst sista match i hans karriär. När man väljer att avsluta ännu en lång uppsägning, Sugar Ray, 34, valde enastående 23-årig Super Welterweight-titellista Terry Norris som sin motståndare. Leonard hoppade från 160 till 154 pund och kämpade på Madison Square Garden för första gången.

Kampen fungerade som en påminnelse om det åtminstone i en värld före Bernard Hopkins, boxning var mycket en ung mans spel.

FELIX TRINIDAD: Det finns bara tre spansktalande krigare som blev superstjärnor i USA utan att prata engelska. Den första var Panamas Roberto Duran. Den andra var Mexikos Julio Cesar Chavez.

Den tredje var Puerto Ricos Trinidad.

Trinidads motto kan lika gärna ha varit, ”Om du inte kan komma från Amerika, slå sedan Amerika. ”

En klassisk stansare med en pojkscouters leende och en fläktvänlig personlighet, Trinidad gjorde sitt namn genom att besegra fyra U.S. Olympier, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya (om än genom ett fruktansvärt beslut), David Reid, och Fernando Vargas.

Vidare, Whitaker, De La Hoya, och Reid hade alla varit guldmedaljer.

Striden vi ska presentera Mars 17 på SHO EXTREME, Trinidad vs.. Reid, var Trinidads 14: e och sista uppträdande på SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING och SHOWTIME pay-per-view.

Från sin titelvinnar kayo av weltervikt av Maurice Blocker i 1993 genom sitt försvar mot Mahenge Zulu i 1998, 13 av Trinidad's 14 anfall sändes SHOWTIME. Tolv av dessa slagsmål var knockout-vinster.

Där Trinidad rankas med Wilfredo Gomez, Miguel Cotto, Carlos Ortiz, Wilfred Benitez, och resten av legenderna från Puerto Rico är diskutabla. Det som är otänkbart är att "Tito" skapade lika mycket spänning som alla kämpar i hans tid.

RICARDO LOPEZ: Vad är mindre: chansen att en halmvikt (105 pounds) blir en amerikansk tv-stjärna eller kämpen själv?

Det har aldrig varit en amerikansk världsmästare i halmvikt (eller minsta vikt). Vi odlar bara inte fighters i den storleken. I själva verket, tills framväxten av Mexikos Lopez i början av 90-talet, de flesta amerikanska boxningsfans kunde inte ha identifierat en enda stråvikt om de var beväpnade med en världskarta och en uppsättning WBC-betyg.

Lopez var så komplett, så dominerande, så tekniskt perfekt, det från 1994 till '99, han var en häftklammer för SHOWTIME: s boxningsprogrammering. Han slogs 13 på varandra följande matcher på SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING eller SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View, och den första 11 av dessa tävlingar var försvar av titeln med halmvikt.

Och om du tror att de små killarna inte kan slå, bra, det ströts några kayos med ett slag.

Lopez, som gick i pension med ett märke på 51-0-1, är allmänt erkänd som en all-time great. Synd att han aldrig kämpade mot Amerikas Michael Carbajal i lätt flygvikt. Hade han vunnit den matchen, han skulle sannolikt erkännas som en av de två eller tre största mexikanska kämparna någonsin.

Vilket säger mycket för en kämpe som aldrig mötte en motståndare som erkändes av den amerikanska tittare.

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8-TIME VÄRLDSMÄSTARE THOMAS”Hitman” HEARNS CONFIRMED FOR SECOND ANNUAL BOX FAN EXPO TAKING PLACE SATURDAY IN LAS VEGAS

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Las Vegas (Sju. 8, 2015) – Åtta-tiden världsmästare Thomas “Hitmanen” Hearns har bekräftat att han kommer att visas och ha en monter på Las Vegas Convention Center för andra årliga Box Fan Expo som kommer att äga rum Lördag. Den Boxing Expo kommer att sammanfalla med Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto mästerskap kamp, som kommer att äga rum senare samma kväll och mexikanska Independence helgen.

Biljetter till Box Fan Expo finns tillgängliga online på:http://www.boxfanexpo.eventbrite.com

Hearns mer kända som “Hitmanen,” blev den första boxare i historien att vinna världstitlar i fyra divisioner. Han skulle också bli den första fighter i historien att vinna fem världstitlar i fem olika divisioner. Hearns hette ring Magazine Fighter of the Year i 1980 och 1984 och är mest känd för hans slagsmål med Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler och Roberto Duran. Han installerades in i Boxing Hall of Fame 2012.
Hearns kommer också att ha till hands, T-shirts, handskar och signerade bilder för fans att köpa och njuta.

Hearns går sin gamla rival Duran, Tim Bradley, Zab Judah, James Toney, Sergio Martinez, Shawn Porter, Mia St. John, Terry Norris, Joel Casamayor, Fernando Vargas, Ruslan Provodnikov, Ray Mancini, Jessie Vargas, Mike McCallum, Austin Trout, Kevin Kelley, domaren Richard Steele, Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, World Boxing Council (WBC) och World Boxing Association (WBA) bland tidiga åtaganden gentemot årets Box Fan Expo.

Denna unika fan erfarenhet händelse, som tillät fans att träffas och hälsar boxning legender, tidigare och nuvarande mästare och andra kändisar i sporten, debuterade i september förra året. Det här året, Expo kommer att löpa från10 a.m. till 5 p.m. och återigen, tillåta fansen en chans att samla autografer, ta foton och köpa varor och memorabilia.
Utställare som boxning redskap, kläder, etermedia och andra märken företag som vill delta kommer att ha en chans att visa upp sina produkter till fans och hela boxningsbranschen.
Förra årets inledande Box Fan Expo presenterade några av de mest populära fighters och boxning kändisar i modern historia. Fans bjöds på besök med Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr., Martinez, Amir Khan, Juda, Mikey Garcia,Toney, Riddick Bowe, Leon Spinks Terry Norris, Bär, Chris Byrd, Jesse James Leija, Lamon Brewster, Ray Mercer, Earnie rakapparater, St Johannes, Erislandy Lara, Peter Quillin, Jean Pascal och Austin Trout. Framstå var också aktuell WBC mästare Deontay Wilder, den karismatiske Vinny Pazienza, Paul Williams, noterade kommentator Al Bernstein och tränare Roger Mayweather av Mayweather kampanjer.
Deltagarlistan deltagare för årets Box Fan Expo kommer att fortsätta att tillkännages under de närmaste dagarna som ledde fram till händelsen.
För någon i boxning industrin eller varumärkesföretag som vill vara med och boka en monter som utställare eller sponsring möjligheter, kontakta Box Fan Expo på:
U.S.A. telefonnummer: (702) 997-1927 eller (514) 572-7222
För frågor vänligen maila: boxfanexpo@gmail.com
Mer information om Box Fan Expo finns på:http://www.boxfanexpo.com
Visa den officiella promo video från Box Fan Expo här:http://www.boxfanexpo.com/video-2 /
Du kan följa Box Fan Expo på Twitter på: https://www.twitter.com/BoxFanExpo