Why would Williams' ranking take a leap up to #3 based on other fighters' wins? - especially since the fighter that Patterson lost to was already...
So was Williams.
He may have had all the strengths that you listed, but on the flipside, his defense was rather poor, his chin just so-so, and he had a tendency to...
Spot on post, especially the highlighted part. He had sufficient power and athleticism to overpower just about any lower tier/fringe contender...
Group A.
The "safe" pick here is for Williams to KO London - but if the Big Cat wasn't able to simply overpower his man, it wouldn't at all surprise me if...
In addition to what mcvey and 2piece said, he also had a vulnerable chin, and was KO'd a number of times right when he was on the cusp of a title...
Jr. Jones against Kennedy McKinney - that fight was supposed to be Jones' stepping stone to a megafight with Prince Hamed (who fought on the same...
Sounds like he could replace Marlon Brando in a Godfather reboot. Sad.
Good point - Liston would look "small" against Holy like he did against Clay/Ali, and the result would be generally similar IMO.
Jorge Castro against JD Jackson. Bobby Chacon in the Boza Edwards rematch (based to cuts). Victor Galindez in the first Kates fight (again due to...
The problem here is that Liston was unranked and had been fighting only sporadically in Sweden over the 2 years preceding the tournament. He...
I can basically agree with this. I would compare him to someone like Razor Ruddock in terms of style and quality - both big punchers...
I always felt that Holmes beat Witherspoon fairly clearly - I never agreed with all the "controversy."
I wouldn't go so far as to call Martin "nothing" - he was the fighter who finally ended James Scott's winning streak, after all. IMO, Saad had...
