KO Magazine: August 1982

Cover: Sugar Ray Leonard

• KO Interview: Michael Dokes
• KO Closeup: Dwight Braxton
• KO Bonus Pinup: Dwight Braxton
• Head to Head: None
• Jimmy Cannon: We Were Young Together (Legendary columnist Jimmy Cannon celebrates Joe Louis' 40th birthday)

Articles include: A Fan's Guide To The Holmes-Cooney Fight (Stats, analysis, and your personal scorecard), Joltin' Jeff Moves To The Head Of The Class (Chandler kayoes Carter in all-Philly brawl), Sugar Ray Leonard - The World Greatest Fighter (Results of our third annual experts poll), The Three Who Would Be King (The boxer, the puncher, and the speedster), Hawk Time Is A Time For Anger (WBA junior welterweight champion Aaron Pryor is an irate champion), John "The Heat" Verderosa (Will the junior welterweight contender burn himself out?), "You Haven't Seen The Best Of Me Yet" (Light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks can keep his promise)