By Eric Coronado Jr: Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “At present our only true names are nicknames… Some travelers tell us that an Indian had no name given him at first, but earned it, and his name was his fame; and among some tribes he acquired a new name with every new exploit. It is pitiful when a man bears a name for convenience merely, who has earned neither name nor fame.”
By Sean Jones: Former 5-division world champion Sugar Ray Leonard is leaning toward Saul Canelo Alvarez to defeat IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin in their rematch on May 5. At this time, Canelo is still under investigation for having tested positive twice for the performance enhancing drug clenbuterol last February.
By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still firing back at boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard over a brief comment he made on social media recently. Mayweather already responded to the former 5-division world champion Leonard over the comment recently, but it looks like he’s still not done at fully venting.
By Allan Fox: Former 5 division world champion Sugar Ray Leonard and Floyd Mayweather Jr. had words with one another on Sunday. Leonard commented about how Mayweather told him that he was the best fighter he’d ever seen. However, since Mayweather has retired, he’s been calling himself the ‘The Best Ever,’ and Leonard doesn’t understand how he could be now calling himself the best ever given his earlier comments.
By Gav Duthie: When I was first getting into boxing I went round to my high street HMV and bought all the boxing history videotapes I could. Youtube is great these days but it was guys like Bert Sugar, Harry Carpenter, Teddy Atlas etc that set the scene in these historic video/DVD pieces conveying how eras were shaped rather than just watching individual fights. I was in awe of one chronology in particular named ‘The Fabulous Four’ referencing the rivalries between Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns and Roberto Duran.
