Round 3: BeY44rtbX5I&feature=related DeLaHoya did next to NOTHING for nearly the first two minutes of the round, while Tito just kept pecking...
Tito wanted to move up in weight, as I recall. I believe he said even before the fight that this would be his last fight at the weight. Years...
I feel Spinks was one of several capable '70s era HWs (along with Ossie Ocasio, Randy Stephens, and Jose Luis Garcia) who suffered from being...
:deal Beat me to it. Yep, Coetzee was one of a number of fighters around that time who was given the "next Ali" tag.
But Coetzee was not well known or highly regarded in the US prior to fighting Spinks, and heading into that fight, his rep was more of a quick and...
I wouldn't say his skills were "superb" - they were solid, but his physical attributes often compensated for deficits in his technique. For...
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I thought Gonzalez's loss to Sorjaturong was even better.
Actually, he was often criticized in his own day as a tomato-picker. His "best" KO was two-round blowout of Lee Savold, who was an unranked...
I agree, that is unfair. As "paper" champs go, Ellis was one of the better ones. Unlike a lot of other paper champs, he earned his share of...
I'd go with the exact reverse. BTW, your location is not in sync with your avatar. :nono :D
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :good I can't believe it took nearly until the end of this thread for someone to make this...
Following up salsanchezfan's "Name Your Favorite Fight That Ended In A 6th Round KO" thread (which I thought was an interesting and off-beat...
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I went against the grain and picked Arguello by decision. He had deceptive handspeed as a FW (look at his fight with Leonel Hernandez, for...
