Sugar Ray Leonard

Even as he gets older, Bob Arum works to keep boxing fresh and new

2012-12-05 20:22:00

LAS VEGAS — Bob Arum has seen the future of boxing, and it is him. Actually, it isn't him, but he will still cash the checks and run the news conferences and say the wonderfully outrageous things that have kept reporters sprinting to their...

Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies days after being shot in head

2012-11-24 06:38:00

Hector “Macho” Camacho, a former three-division boxing champion who had 88 professional fights against a who’s who of legendary opponents stretching from Ray Mancini (whom he defeated in 1989) to Oscar De La Hoya (who beat him by...

Family still unsure about taking Hector Camacho off life support

2012-11-23 09:04:00

Family and friends of former boxing champion Hector `Macho' Camacho kept a somber vigil Friday at the hospital in Puerto Rico where he remains on life support. Doctors in San Juan have said Camacho is clinically brain dead from a shooting earlier this...

Hector Camacho declared brain dead by doctors

2012-11-22 10:12:00

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, though they said family members were disagreeing on whether to take him off life support. Dr. Ernesto Torres said doctors have...

Emanuel Steward dies at 68; boxing trainer to world champions

2012-10-26 00:00:00

Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, who directed several world-champion fighters including Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis and current heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, has died. He was 68. Steward's executive assistant, Victoria Kirton, said...

The book on Ray Mancini, bruising chapters and all

2012-10-02 00:00:00

We are a month away from the 30th anniversary of an ugly moment in an oft-ugly sport. Let's hark back. There once was a tough kid from a tough town. His name was Ray Mancini and his town was Youngstown, Ohio. Ray, like his town, settled many issues...

Angelo Dundee, trainer for Muhammad Ali, dies at 90

2012-02-01 20:28:00

Angelo Dundee dies at 90; corner man for Ali, Leonard

2012-02-02 00:00:00

Angelo Dundee, who trained the two most celebrated fighters of his era, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, and 15 world champions in all in a Hall of Fame career that began in 1952, has died. He was 90. Dundee died Wednesday at a Clearwater, Fla.,...

Alberto Contador stripped of 2010 Tour de France title

2012-02-06 16:34:08

Tickets to the L.A. Times Festival of Books now on sale

2012-03-22 16:36:24

Book calendar events for the week of June 19, 2011

2011-06-19 00:00:00

SUNDAY Ransom Riggs: The author of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" will sign copies of his debut young-adult novel. Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank. 2 p.m. Free. (818) 556-6660. Bill Sharpsteen: The author of "The Docks"...

Wednesday's Talk Shows

2011-10-04 21:36:15

Retired boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and musician Sheila E wear Monster headphones during a news conference.

2013-01-07 00:00:00

His gold-medal performance in the 1976 Olympics launched the celebrated career of the classy fighter from Palmer Park. Leonard won 36 of 40 pro bouts and captured world titles in five divisions, from welterweight to light heavyweight.

2012-05-03 11:56:47

, and 15 world champions in a Hall of Fame career that began in 1952. He was 90.

2012-02-02 12:20:54