In a round of ‘Best I Faced’ with The Ring Magazine, ‘Hands Of Stone’ didn’t hesitate to name Leonard as the best overall ...

Forty years ago, on April 15, 1985, middleweight champion of the world Marvelous Marvin Hagler entered the ring at Caesars ...

Both boxers had defeated Roberto Duran in title bouts, and Hearns also had a loss to Leonard and a win over Wilfredo Benitez. Hagler would hold the middleweight title for two more years ...

Ray Leonard, former boxing champion ... the opponent is “Hitman” Thomas Hearns, “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler or Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran – has pitfalls, heartbreak or disappointment.

Hagler fought on boxing’s biggest stages against its biggest names, as he, Leonard, Hearns and Roberto Duran dominated the middleweight classes during a golden time for boxing in the 1980s.

The 1980s were a golden age for the welterweight and middleweight divisions of boxing The era was headlined by four alltime greats Sugar Ray Leonard ... Hagler Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran ...

The first had been Hagler’s decision over Roberto Duran in the same Caesars ... him when he got hurt against Sugar Ray Leonard and he became Tommy Hearns the boxer and boxed beautifully.