LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tommy Hearns understood what was expected from him the night 30 years ago when he stepped into the ring to face Marvin Hagler for the middleweight title. There would be no running.

It has been said over and again down the years that fights have the potential to be another “Hagler-Hearns”. This frequent nod to the eight-minute war of unrelenting ferocity between Marvin Hagler and ...

Al Bernstein was a few years into his career as a boxing broadcaster when he received the assignment of a lifetime. He had been calling ESPN’s weekly Top Rank Boxing series and had worked one other ...