And his televised one punch knockout dethroning of Heuser for the European Title in his comeback from Louis II was impressive. Scroll forward to...
Ezz raised serious questions about whether or not he could have decisioned Marciano over the championship distance in a peak for peak showdown,...
I've indeed made that case a number of times over the last five years here.
Shavers I in 1978, or 1982 when he had more experience and comfortably shut out Cobb over the championship distance. When Larry was on high alert...
Jerry Quarry-Thad Spencer. Jerry's performance against Buster Mathis may have been even more impressive, but JQ-Babe provides readily available...
Beat me to the punch, Les. Russ specifically asked for several stoppages, and Scrap Iron had 12. But in two bouts almost exactly a year apart,...
Carlos Padilla, a scoring referee in this one, had Ali ahead by the widest margin of any of the three officials. He escorted Joe back to his...
But it means something that he lived to be honored in this way, and got to be there to soak up the:hail accolades. Even before his nomination for...
Wheelchair boxing might be a lot of fun. How would you count knockdowns? Or nursing home patients with Alzheimer's and brain damage? Pugilistica...
Ali would banter with ringsiders between rounds. He conducted a live television interview between rounds during Lubbers, and I wouldn't be...
Saw the ridiculously talented amateur Craig Payne blow all the way up to 295 pounds by the time he took on Rocky Sekorski in a nationally...
Mike Weaver actually seemed shy, refreshingly diffident after the Ali circus.
I said size alone. Foreman obviously completely overpowered much larger and heavier men with ease in during both careers, while sub 200 pounders...
And for whatever it's worth, Ezz knocked out the Foreman sized Johnny Haynes (who at 6'4" had previous wins while weighing as much as 228) in...
Indeed, but Charles was also a lot more dangerous until Baroudi, and George's entire defense by 1974 was his offense. Yes, Foreman would cut off...
