Tag: Boxing
Brockton to name street in honor of the late Marvin Hagler
BROCKTON, Mass. — Middleweight boxing champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his Massachusetts hometown with a street named in his honor.
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AP Sportlight
April 28
1966 — Boston edges the Los Angeles Lakers 95-93...
Boxer dies after injury in world youth championship fight
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — An 18-year-old boxer from Jordan has died after being seriously injured in a bout at the world youth championships, the International...
AP Sportlight
April 27
1956 — Rocky Marciano retires as the undefeated heavyweight...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
April 27
1956 — Rocky Marciano retires as the undefeated heavyweight...
Documentary chronicles era of Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran
NEW YORK — The boxing battles among Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran will be chronicled in an upcoming...
Chasing Ledecky: Leah Smith keeps coming after US star
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — If Katie Ledecky wasn’t setting world records and piling up Olympic medals, Leah Smith would be the top middle-to-long distance...
Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson in boxer’s take on his life
LOS ANGELES — Mike Tyson is getting in the TV drama ring against himself.
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Canelo Alvarez to face Saunders on May 8 at AT&T Stadium
ARLINGTON, Texas — Canelo Alvarez will return to AT&T Stadium for a world super-middleweight unification fight May 8 against undefeated Billy Joe Saunders.
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Column: Marvelous Marvin Hagler got his break and cashed in
The 1970s were coming to a close when Bob Arum, fresh off promoting a pair of fights between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks, checked...
