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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns showdown is a reality, all the talk centers on what will happen after the fight. The New York Times reports that there will be three Leonard-Hearns fights. The Boston Globe promises that after he beats Hearns, Leonard will give middleweight champ Marvin Hagler a well-deserved payday. The New York Post claims that Leonard will retire after the September bout--win, lose or draw...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: The Man Sugar Ray Fears | 6/30/1981 | See Source »

Sugar Ray Leonard has avoided Thomas Hearns since 1978. After winning the Olympic gold--and America's bicentennial-crazed hearts--Leonard became the television champ. He beat a series of slow-footed club fighters in his first two years as a pro and got paid $50,000 for each encounter...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: The Man Sugar Ray Fears | 6/30/1981 | See Source »

Hearns demolished Cuevas, knocking him out in the second round. Leonard beat Duran in their rematch, landing about six punches while the champ got sick to his stomach...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: The Man Sugar Ray Fears | 6/30/1981 | See Source »

Leonard had a much tougher time of it. It was Sugar Ray's first venture into the junior middleweight division, and the usually quick-footed boxer looked rather ordinary; the added weight definitely slowed Ray down. For his part, Kalule seemed an unwilling opponent. Like the boxing light-heavyweight champ, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Kalule threw only about ten punches per round. Still, his awkward southpaw style gave Leonard trouble, and in the seventh round, a straight right jab put Leonard on queer street...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: The Man Sugar Ray Fears | 6/30/1981 | See Source »

...problem with The Game this year was that everything went exactly the way it was supposed to. Yale strolled into Cambridge as the favorite, and strolled out as 14-0 victor and Ivy League champ...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Sports | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

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