This day in boxing. A look back.

[Spicoli]

That's a great flashback there. I managed to juuust miss Leonard 'live' when he was on top and first saw Hagler v Leonard on the old Superbouts broadcast by ESPN. First time seeing him live was Uno Mas and it's fair to say we'll never see that one tucked away in a time capsule . Always felt Leonard edged Hagler but could be a perfect month to find time and watch it through and score accurately. The 118-110 was always way off base.

[Master]

I did revisit Leonard's career at welterweight to see what the fuss was about and he was a true great. That level of boxing skill and opponents he beat were top draw.

Anyone who could, not just get in the ring but, beat that frightening Tommy Hearns deserves respect. I could only think SRR could have done better.

[TitoFan]

Hearns was an undefeated, 6'-1" beanpole of a welterweight with long jackhammer arms with which he had knocked out the vast majority of his previous victims.

Leonard went in there and knocked him out. That one is hard to overrate.

[Master]

Joe Calzaghe celebrates his emphatic win over Peter Manfredo after the referee stopped the fight in the third round of the bout at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

Calzaghe successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title for the 20th time, an accomplishment which saw him equal the records of fellow greats Larry Holmes and Bernard Hopkins.

In front of a record indoor crowd of around 35,000, Calzaghe blazed out for the third round and rained a seemingly endless supply of hooks down upon hapless ‘Contender’ star Manfredo.

The Welshman would go on to become the longest-reigning super-middleweight world champion in history with victory over undefeated WBA world champion Mikkel Kessler in November 2007 his 21st successful defence – holding the title for over 10 years.



Calzaghe stepped up to light heavyweight and secured two stunning wins over Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr in his first ever fights in the United States, cementing his place as one of the best pound for pound boxers in the world.

The ‘Pride of Wales’ won the 2007 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award and retired in 2009 as an undefeated world champion, with 46 wins and no defeats in a glittering career.

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