Marvin Hagler, perhaps the greatest middleweight of all time, talks about his Hall of Fame career and more

Icon on the 1930s is gone

Liston film starts shooting June 2004

By Paul Upham
From September 25, 1962 when he won the title from Floyd Patterson until February 25, 1964 when he was stopped by Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay, Charles Sonny Liston was world heavyweight champion, making one successful defence against Patterson in a rematch on July 22, 1963. That we know for sure.

By Anthony Evans: Johnny Owen's legs were so skinny his knees resembled gold balls stuffed inside sausage skins, and his biceps were so slender they could barely be detected even in the traditional pre-fight poses.

Former world (NBA) featherweight champion Sal Bartolo died on Tuesday February 19, 2002, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was 84.

By Patrick Kehoe: Jack Dempsey remembers walking into a bar on the waterfront in Oakland and winding up in the middle of a free for all. As far as Dempsey could tell, several guys surrounded a dapper dressed wise-guy and proceeded to turn the place into a firestorm trying to beat the shine off the loud-mouthed dandy's shoes.

By Anthony Evans
There have been many super-fights in the 31 years since Muhammad Ali collided with Joe Frazier for the first time, but never again will there be a world heavyweight championship fight pitting two such fighters, both having equally legitimate claims to being the heavyweight champion of the world, against each other. Their clash at New York's brand new Madison Square Garden was equal to the hype and has held the public's imagination hostage for two generations.

By Simon James Baker: Fighters often personify their times and certainly the heavyweight division always evolves to represent boxing as a whole. On November 22nd 1986, Mike Tyson - the most brutal and destructive heavyweight of any era - became the youngest man ever, at the age of 20, to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

By Patrick Kehoe: The Olympic heavyweight champion from the 1968 Mexico City Games, George Foreman took a ponderous, pain inducing path to the top of the pro ranks.

By Paul Upham: One of boxing's greatest middleweights, 1993 Hall of Fame inductee and former undisputed middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler will return to "Boxing's Hometown" for the 13th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 6-9.

By Paul Concannon: Former undefeated WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion Aaron 'The Hawk' Pryor was amongst the most exciting and popular fighters of the 1980s. The Cincinnati born buzzsaw featured in some of the decade's most memorable battles including two epic encounters with the Nicaraguan legend Alexis Arguello.

One of the current talking points of the sport is that of WBC, IBF, IBO and WBA light-heavyweight Roy Jones Junior's opponents. At age 33 the eccentric three-division champion from Florida is winding down his career and the debate is heating up as to where Jones' career accomplishments rank as compared to those of Ali, Louis, Robinson and Duran.

In the latest In This Corner SecondsOut: Legends' writers Anthony Evans and Paul Upham went at it over the subject of Roy Jones. Is the three-division champion an all-time great, or has he squandered his gifts and phoned in an average career unworthy of legendary status? It seems opinions are just as split among the SecondsOut readership as they are at SecondsOut HQ...

By Paul Upham: The 13th Annual Hall of Fame Induction four day weekend commences on today, Thursday 6th June, in what is expected to be one of the biggest boxing celebrity attendances ever. Despite the Lewis-Tyson fight being held on Saturday night in Memphis, thousands of people are expected to attend the numerous events at and surrounding the Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.

By Clive Bernath:
As soon as the Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney world heavyweight title fight was announced it captured the imagination of the American fight public for various reasons. Holmes (pictured with the belt), a former sparring partner of 'The Greatest,' Muhammad Ali, was indeed a fine champion. The 'Easton Assassin,' as he was known, was an impressive all-round technician with a lightning fast jab that even then was accepted as one of the finest in history.

Larry Tornambe in Canastota, New York
The International Boxing Hall of Fame opened its doors to 2002 inductees on Sunday. Among the honored were former WBA Welterweight king Pipino Cuevas; three weight champion (super-fly, bantam and featherweight) action figure Jeff Fenech; the Hammer of Thor - former Heavyweight champ, Ingemar Johansson and British broadcaster and journalist, Reg Gutteridge.

On 22 September 1927 Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey in the fabled 'Battle of the Long Count' to retain his world heavyweight title. 75 years on Dempsey remains a folk hero while Tunney continues to be under appreciated. Luke Williams examines why and argues it is high time Tunney was given due praise for his considerable achievements.

By Mark G. Butcher
In the sixth of an eight part series, Mark G. Butcher names the greatest fighter of all-time in each of boxing's original weight divisions. This instalment deals with the No.1 middleweight.

By Mark G. Butcher In the seventh of an eight part series, Mark G. Butcher names the greatest fighter of all-time in each of

SecondsOut welcomes back long-time Legends contributor Joe Queijo, who takes a look at two of boxing's lesser known greats: Al