Word: wba
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Holmes had hoped to make his first fight this year for promoter Don King against the WBA titleholder from South Africa. But that fight was blocked, at least temporarily, when Holmes lost a lawsuit filed by Virginia attorney Richard Hirschfeld...
...tremendous mental and physical shape, and he fought like a reborn fighter, which he said he was after he won the WBA junior middleweight title June 16 against young Davey Moore...
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...haughty hitter who uses a preternatural 78-in. reach to keep trouble at bay until he can lower the boom. Each man had earned a welterweight (141 to 147 Ibs.) championship belt: Leonard from the World Boxing Council (WBC), Hearns from the World Boxing Association (WBA). So when it was over, halfway through the 14th round at the special 25,000-seat arena constructed on the grounds of Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas, the man who had it all had one thing more: Sugar Ray Leonard became the undisputed, unified welterweight champion of the world. He also took home...
...original reluctance to pursue it, Leonard has come to care deeply about his place in its history. Though Hearns last week said he is eager for a rematch, Leonard's ambitions are focused on seeking a further title. In addition to his welterweight crown, he recently won the WBA junior middleweight (148 to 154 Ibs.) championship, and his advisers expect him to seek Marvin Hagler's middleweight (155 to 160 Ibs.) title next. Talk of retirement is scarcely heard in the Leonard camp any more. Says Attorney Mike Trainer, who has handled Leonard's financial affairs since...