Both Itauma and Morrison were undefeated, young knockout artists who dominated early, then gassed out and stopped in title fights against...
Nowhere near the same as in the professional ranks
Amateur fights are much shorter, use headgear, and are stopped quickly after heavy hits.
Exactly. Aging applied to Usyk, when he has only racked up 25 professional fights. How much wear-and-tear is that? Also, name an all-time great...
Holmes got complacent in those two fights, though. Until he got dropped, he was winning nearly every round up to that point. Same as Douglas when...
Stop deflecting. Back then, the organizational rankings still had some credibility.
Not true. Adilson Rodrigues was ranked 10th by the World Boxing Association (WBA) when George Foreman knocked him out in the second round on June...
That's one way to look at it
The Colonel has 2 separate commentaries for Tyson vs Holmes. Much easier to sound great calling the action when you already know in advance how a...
Watch the fight again. There were many opportunities where Morrison was in a corner, and George did not even elect to throw a single blow. No...
Where Lewis "TKO 6" and Vitali "Won the Event"
Holmes was on the slide when he scored a win over a young, hungry, well-conditioned version of Tim Witherspoon, better than any of Tyson's prime...
Not when one fighter is a "fat tub of goo," as Jim Lampley would put it, and the other is in tip-top condition.
Usyk turned 39 this past January. Fury turns 38 in August. The age differential is negligible.
Agreed. Too premature to effectively answer.