On This Day: Educating Sugar Ray Leonard
On the anniversary of Sugar Ray Leonard's professional debut we look at original Boxing News ringside reports and pick out seven crucial learning fights on the way to his first world title
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On This Day: Jake LaMotta ends incredible unbeaten run of Sugar Ray Robinson
Matt Christie provides 10 facts about the night Jake LaMotta defeated the great Sugar Ray Robinson
This week in 1960
Northern Irish legend John Caldwell and Welsh greats Brian Curvis and Howard Winstone were in action 60 years ago this week
On This Day: Oscar De La Hoya ‘The Golden Boy’ is born
Paul Wheeler reflects on the Hall of Fame career of Oscar De La Hoya
The ‘long counts’ and the course of history
Jack Hirsch investigates the ‘long counts’ that occurred during Buster Douglas’ win over Mike Tyson this week in 1990 and Gene Tunney’s rematch victory against Jack Dempsey in 1927.
On This Day: The relentless heavyweight legend Jersey Joe Walcott was born
Remembering Jersey Joe Walcott, who became the oldest man in history to win the heavyweight championship
On This Day: Wilfred Benitez looks sensational while defeating Roberto Duran
We didn't know it then but on January 30, 1982, Wilfred Benitez turned in his final great performance against the fearsome Roberto Duran
On This Day: Julio Cesar Chavez lost his incredible unbeaten record
Julio Cesar Chavez lost to a challenger who simply refused to crumble
The Crystal Palace – the lost London boxing venue
Miles Templeton on a lost venue that captured the spirit of boxing in the 1930s
The tragic tale of Terry Young
Carlos Acevedo tells the story 1940s lightweight Terry Young, a successful New York city boxer who led a hold-up gang
Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier – the greatest rivalry in sport
Alan Hubbard was ringside for all three instalments of the Muhammad Ali - Joe Frazier rivalry.
On This Day: Muhammad Ali gains revenge over Joe Frazier in their rematch
On January 28 1974, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier renewed their bitter rivalry
My Night: George Foreman survives hellacious war with Ron Lyle
George Foreman details arguably the most thrilling fight in heavyweight history
Ted Kid Lewis and Oswald Mosley
We examine the bizarre alliance between Ted Kid Lewis, a Jewish boxing legend, and a notorious fascist and anti-Semite
Colin Jones – one of the greatest British fighters never to win a world title
Gorseinon gunslinger Colin Jones might just have been the most explosive, most ruthless ring executioner in post war British boxing