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Tim Bradley to go Old School on Devon Alexander

DETROIT -- If Tim Bradley has his way, there will be a throwback, beat-down in Motown on Saturday night. The WBO champion is planning to go old school on southpaw WBC counter part Devon Alexander when they meet for their HBO televised junior welterweight (140 pounds) title bout at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac,...

Devon Alexander: Tim Bradley's 'A Roadblock' to Mega Stardom

Already nicknamed, "The Great," southpaw WBC junior welterweight (140 pounds) king, Devon Alexander, of St. Louis, Mo., once told FanHouse that WBO belt-holder, Tim Bradley, was "a road block to my becoming a mega star." The youngest of the three titlists in boxing's deepest and most talented weight class, one which...

Knockout of the Year: Sergio Martinez KO 2 Paul Williams

The crowd of 5,502 fans at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City was just settling in for an HBO televised rematch of a December 2009, non-title, middleweight (160 pounds) clash of southpaws during which both fighters were floored in the first round of an eventual, disputed majority decision victory by Paul Williams over...

Adviser: Manny Pacquiao's More Popular Than Muhammad Ali

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum's more than 44 years has included promoting Muhammad Ali, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather. Jr,...

Business as Usual for Birthday Boys Amir Khan, Bob Arum

Top Rank CEO, Bob Arum, and WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion, Amir Khan, will share something in common on Wednesday, Dec. 8 -- a couple of very busy days for each of them in Las Vegas, as well as, the day on which each of them was born. Arum will turn 79 years young, and Khan, 24, as each prepares for what...

marvin hagler News From the Web

05/23/12 This Day in Black History: May 23, 1954 Source: BET.com Marvin Nathaniel Hagler was born in Newark, New Jersey, on May 23, 1954, and would go on to become one of the greatest boxers of all time , with an impressive six-year-and-seven-month undefeated reign as middleweight champion.
04/09/12 The night Leonard shocked the world Source: Morning Star This short statement, made by Sugar Ray Leonard in 1986 after witnessing from his vantage point at ringside Marvellous Marvin Hagler struggle to overcome John Mugabe in the 12th defence of his middleweight title, was the catalyst for one of the greatest comebacks in the history of boxing.

Background on marvin hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler in Newark, New Jersey, May 23, 1954) is a retired American professional boxer who was Undisputed World Middleweight Champion from 1980 to 1987. Hagler made twelve undisputed title defenses and holds the highest KO% of all middleweight champions at 78%.

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