DOG ASIDE: Kirkland Laing is a retired British welterweight boxer nicknamed The Gifted One….who fought 56 times in a twenty-year career….the highlight of which was a shock split decision win over Roberto Durán in September 1982. The fight was selected as Ring Magazine’s upset of the year…..as Laing was a two-time winner of the British welterweight title….winning the…
DOG COMMENTARY: It is this lil ole Chiweenie Sportsphile’s opinion that no network has ever delivered boxing quite like HBO…..as the boxing commentator crew of Barry Tompkins, Sugar Ray Leonard and Larry Merchant were as good as it got during the golden age of boxing….yep, there was Gil Clancy and Tim Ryan at CBS…..Marv Albert…
DOG COMMENTARY: Many things have been said and written about one of the most famous professional boxing promoters of all time….Don King….from his globally identifiable hair style…..to his rocky relationship with many well known fighters…..to his style of hyping and selling his fights….to his career long rivalry with boxing promoter Bob Arum…..and to many other…
DOG COMMENTARY: HBO’s Barry Tompkins and Sugar Ray Leonard hosts this wonderful look at boxing in 1982….a significant year during the golden age of boxing…with such major fights of boxers like Salvador Sanchez, Larry Holmes, Marvin Hagler, Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Aaron Pryor, Alexis Arguello, Tony Ayala (El Toroito went to jail shortly after winning…
DOG COMMENTARY: After Marvelous Marvin Hagler finally got a shot at the undisputed world middleweight boxing championship in November 1979 against then champ Vito Antuofermo…whom he fought to a 15 round draw…..even though many boxing pundits at the time said that Hagler won the fight…..but the Marvelous one was fortunate that a second title shot…
DOG COMMENTARY: Barry Tompkins and Sugar Ray Leonard of HBO Boxing host this awesome in-studio review with Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns of the historic battle in the ring on April 15, 1985….when one “legendary boxer” Marvelous Marvin Hagler (60 – 2 – 2, 50 KO’s) and one “super great boxer” Thomas “Hitman” Hearns (40…
DOG COMMENTARY: This boxing special is a piece done by CBS Sports under the title of John Madden’s Journey…..as the former NFL coach hosts a program designed to highlight really special athletes in conjunction with the sport and the abilities and talents of high profile athletes in that particular sport …..and this John Madden’s Journey…
DOG COMMENTARY: Marvelous Marvin Hagler had to wait until his 50th professional fight before he could get a shot at the world middleweight championship…..cuz all the other middleweights were afraid to fight him…..so, he was avoided like the plague….that is until he entered the ring in November of 1979 against champ Vito Antuofermo….which was some…
DOG COMMENTARY: Any time that two legendary boxers during the golden age of boxing got together in the ring…..it was danged near always a great fight that is worthy of watching over and over…..cuz that’s what we do here at www.imasportsphile.com…..we give you the opportunity to watch these legends fight over and over…since I have…