Thomas Hearns A Fight Worth Every Nickel  How's this for a fight
card at the Hartford Civic Center? On June 10, 1977, Sugar Ray
Leonard beat Vinnie DeBarros of Waterbury when the ref stopped
the lightweight fight at 1:59 of the third round. One of the
6,127 in the crowd was the legendary Willie Pep, seated
ringside. On the same card, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, a
middleweight from Brockton, Mass., had a third-round knockout of
Roy Jones. Courant columnist Owen Canfield described the night
this way: "The Hartford crowd which came to this boxing show,
even the ones who paid $15, didn't waste a nickel." Fifteen
bucks? Days gone by. The victory was just Leonard's third as a
pro; he had won a gold medal at the...