Four Kings Era 1980-1990

Raised in the slums of El Chorrillo, Duran won the lightweight title at 21 in 1972 and defended it 12 times, mostly by knockout, w...

The charismatic face of the Four Kings era, Leonard won 1976 Olympic gold and took the welterweight crown from Wilfred Benitez in ...

Hagler legally added Marvelous to his name and ruled the middleweights for seven years, 12 defenses, beating Alan Minter, Mustafa ...

A tall rail thin welterweight with a cannon right hand, Hearns knocked out Pipino Cuevas in 1980 for his first crown. His 1981 cla...

The greatest Mexican fighter ever, Chavez won titles at super featherweight, lightweight and light welterweight. He was unbeaten t...

Arguello won titles at featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight, a tall, elegant puncher with a textbook right cross and...

Sanchez took the WBC featherweight title from Danny Lopez in 1980 and defended it nine times, including a beatdown of unbeaten Wil...

The Jinx won Olympic gold in 1976 and unified the light heavyweight titles by 1985. Moving up, he outboxed Larry Holmes in 1985 to...

Welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard boxed to order against Roberto Duran, who goaded him into a fight instead. Before 46,000 a...

Five months after Montreal, Sugar Ray Leonard refused to fight Duran fight, boxing, mocking, winding him up with a bolo punch. In ...

The Showdown at Caesars Palace unified the welterweight title. Thomas Hearns boxed beautifully, built a lead on the cards and hurt...

Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns spent eight minutes trying to take each other head off. Round one is routinely called the greatest...

Sugar Ray Leonard had fought once in five years, coming off retina surgery, and moved up to challenge the middleweight king Marvin...

Gomez won the WBC super bantamweight title in 1977 and defended it repeatedly, every defense ending inside the distance. His 1981 ...

Pryor won the WBA junior welterweight title from Antonio Cervantes in 1980 and fought at a relentless pace few opponents could mat...

Alexis Arguello moved up seeking to become the first four division world champion, and Aaron Pryor met him in Miami at a furious p...