Pipino Cuevas vs. Thomas Hearns battled for the WBA Welterweight Championship of the World

By Gerardo Granados: On August 2 of 1980 the reigning WBA welterweight champion Jose Pipino Cuevas defended his title for the twelve time, against a young lion named Thomas Hearns the "Motor City Cobra" for whom this was the first title bout of his legendary boxing career. I was a young lad by the time, […]