He won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1924 or 28, whichever one was in Los Angeles. He was, I believe, the first Olympian to achieve success as a...
Jeff Franklin is the guy that deliberately injured Gabe Ruelas.
You are correct; he had more fights between Sanchez and the end of his career than I remembered. I should have known that because he stopped my...
It should be noted that when Gomez won the fw title it was a nicely wrapped hometown gift. But watch many of his later fights at 122, his legs...
As usual, Pat M makes very valid points. Evading the jab wasn't a strong point of Holyfield's game. And Evander didn't exactly set the world on...
When Ali turned pro not very many people were impressed. A lot of the long time boxing writers referred to his style as the science of wasted...
He had a pretty impressive record against some very solid competition fighting within, or very close to, the 160 pound class.
Billy Conn.
He was, by no means, the least skilled heavyweight of all time, probably not even the least skilled heavyweight champion of all time. But the...
Holman Williams. Archie Moore.
The night that Duran fought Leonard for the first time. Leonard had no choice in how that fight played out because that was the greatest night of...
Frazier was pretty good at fighting short and I don't think that a lot of you understand how hard it is to hit a guy that is good at that. Some...
I think that it would probably be similar to the 2 Curry v Starling fights. Starling would be the best fighter that Crawford faced at 47- off the...
You raise a good point about Hagler and I think it is accurate. He used his feet and his left hand to put him in positions to land his right hand....
I know Eric Molina and he is a great guy. He does a lot of things in his community and is genuinely a really good guy. I have sat with him at the...
