Category Archives: Boxing

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1982, Rafael “Bazooka” Limon defended his WBC Super Featherweight championship against Bobby Chacon. This was … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1981, Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns fought for the unified (WBC & WBA) Welterweight … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1980, Matthew Saad Muhammad defended his WBC Light Heavyweight championship against Yaqui Lopez. This was … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1979, Danny “Little Red” Lopez defended his WBC Featherweight championship against Mike Ayala in Ayala’s … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1978, Muhammad Ali defended his unified (WBC & WBA) Heavyweight championship against Leon Spinks in … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1977 Jimmy Young fought George Foreman for 12 rounds in San Juan, Puerto Rico. No … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1976 George Foreman fought Ron Lyle for the fringe NABF title in his first real … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1975, Muhammad Ali defended his unified (WBC & WBA) Heavyweight championship against Joe Frazier. This … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1974, George Foreman defended his unified (WBC & WBA) Heavyweight championship against Muhammad Ali in … Continue reading →

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1973, Joe Frazier defended his unified (WBC & WBA) Heavyweight championship against George Foreman in … Continue reading →