Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard I (High Quality)

  

Published on Mar 8, 2013

Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard I

20th of June, 1980..............Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
WBC Welterweight World Title

 Duran won by a razor thin decision in what was a great fight that lost some luster when Duran quit in the rematch...

Roberto Duran - Patrick Goossen

 Duran at 50 years old waltzing through his last hurrah.



 

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Mob Fix?

Photoshot / Hulton Archive

The FBI believed the Clay-Liston fight was rigged by the Mob, documents revealed. 

FBI suspected 1964 Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston fight was a Mob Fix

Alison Smith

NESN

FEB 28, 2014 4:00p ET

Tuesday marked 50 years since Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, "shocked the world" and beat Sonny Liston — one of the greatest fighters to ever step in the boxing ring. The fight catapulted the young Clay to the top of the boxing world, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation thought the win might have involved something more seedy beyond the box score.

Clay and Liston sparred six rounds at the Miami Convention Center, and Liston's decision to quit before the seventh raised red flags for the FBI, which at the time suspected the fight had been fixed by a Las Vegas gambler, according to the Washington Times.

Through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Times obtained memos (some addressed directly to the FBI's then-director, J. Edgar Hoover) showing the bureau's investigation into Ash Resnick and Barnett Magids — two gamblers who seemed to have insider knowledge before the upset.

Resnick, who had connections to Liston and organized crime, first advised Magids that Liston would knock out Clay in the second round. Then on the day of the fight, documents show Resnick told Magids not to make any bets on the fight but to "just go watch the fight on pay TV and he would know why and that he could not talk further at that time."

"Magids did go see the fight on TV and immediately realized that Resnick knew that Liston was going to lose," a document stated. "A week later, there was an article in Sports Illustrated writing up Resnick as a big loser because of his backing of Liston. Later people 'in the know' in Las Vegas told Magids that Resnick and Liston both reportedly made over $1 million betting against Liston on the fight and that the magazine article was a cover for this."

It's not confirmed that Liston took a dive, but it was enough for the FBI to continue to assert the suspicion internally that Resnick had fixed the fight.

No evidence was found to show that Clay was in on the scheme or even knew about it, and no evidence ever fully corroborated the bureau's suspicions.


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Floyd Mayweather Jr. says Marcos Maidana capable of making 'war'

Marcos Maidana, left, punches Jesus Soto Karass during their welterweight fight in Las Vegas in September 2012. Maidana went on to win the bout. (Isaac Brekken / Associated Press)

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-boxing-mayweather-maidana-20140308,0,428883.story#ixzz2vVwE7HgN

By Lance Pugmire

March 8, 2014 

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. came to sell his May 3 welterweight title fight at MGM Grand on Saturday, hyping the idea his opponent, Marcos Maidana, has a chance to stain Mayweather’s spotless 45-0 record.
 

If that’s not enough reason to know his confidence is brimming despite Maidana’s impressive 2013 knockouts of Josesito Lopez and Adrien Broner...

Fight promoter Richard Schaefer said more than 14,700 tickets were sold Saturday as sales began at 10 a.m. Schaefer said there’s more than $12 million in the bank, with the potential to reach $15 million in sales.

Mayweather is coming off what he said was his sharpest year in his career, as he routed Robert Guerrero and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in unanimous-decision victories and was named the Boxing Writers Assn. of America fighter of the year.

The 37-year-old joked he’s getting better with age.

For months, it appeared Mayweather was going to select England’s Amir Khan as his opponent, but then Maidana knocked out Broner and a series of events inspired a change.

"He’s made a big impact on the sport of boxing in his last fight. He hits with both hands. He looked tremendous [against Broner].
   
With three fights left on his Showtime contract, Mayweather’s September date might be the most optimal time to finally make the fight that has eluded him for so long, if Pacquiao can beat Timothy Bradley on April 12.
 Since 2007, that has meant selecting an opponent promoted by Golden Boy Promotions.

Mayweather’s advisor Leonard Ellerbe said, “We’re fighting the biggest fights out there.

 

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By the Numbers | Floyd Mzayweather

Culture, Men's Fashion

By JEFF OLOIZIA

March 5, 2014, 2:00 pm

At 37, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the biggest name in boxing, with a spotless 45-0 record and a supersize personality to match. His taste for excess is the stuff of legend. Six-figure blackjack bets. A $10 million watch collection. A massive entourage he calls the Money Team, with Lil Wayne and Justin Bieber as honorary members. And last year, despite having zero endorsement deals, he still made a whopping $90 million — making him far and away the world’s highest-paid athlete. (LeBron James, by comparison, made around $60 million.) Mayweather is also a ruthless competitor, known for pummeling his opponents both in the ring and in the press. And when his next fight comes around on May 3, you can bet everything you have that he’s going to extend his streak. It’s what Mayweather would do, anyway. Here, a brief look at the fabulous life of the boxing champ.

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Former Champion Killed

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFEB. 25, 2014 

The former world champion Antonio Cermeño was kidnapped and killed in his native Venezuela, the police said. Cermeño, a World Boxing Association super bantamweight and featherweight champion in the 1990s, was found shot to death Tuesday in the state of Miranda, the local police chief, Eliseo Guzmán, said.

Pound for Pound: Gratest Boxer

Sugar Ray Robinson

Circa 1944

Class of 1990
Modern Category
Hall of Fame bio:click

World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee

Name: Sugar Ray Robinson
Birth Name: Walker Smith Jr.
Born: 1921-05-03
Birthplace: Ailey, Georgia, USA
Died: 1989-04-12 (Age:67)
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Harlem, New York, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 11″   /   180cm
Reach: 72½″   /   184cm
Boxing Record: click

Managers: Curt Horrmann & George Gainford
Trainers: Soldier Jones, Harry Wiley & Pee Wee Beale

Sugar Ray Robinson Gallery

Sugar Ray Robinson is considered by most boxing historians and enthusiasts to be the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. Robinson is frequently, if not always, ranked among the top three boxers ever in both the welterweight and middleweight classes. 


Sugar Ray Robinson: 1957

Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson & Joe Louis

13th round action for Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (6th meeting)


 
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