Jackson might drop him but Benn had good recuperative abilities. If McClellan couldn't keep him down then I don't see Julian doing it.
My point was that Spinks was more durable than people let on. He was tagged a couple of times by Cooney and it didn't seem to phase him -- the...
You make good points, but I don't agree that Holmes was "done". He was not a corpse in that ring -- he was still a *very* formidable fighter who...
Much better in what way? Wasn't it the Shavers loss that sparked Jimmy's downward spiral? Ellis seemed his normal self against Earnie until he got...
Well, the topic of discussion was comparing Ellis to Spinks and which of the two was the better win. The fact that Tyson destroyed Spinks in one...
You got the wrong Jimmy, partner. We're talking about Jimmy Ellis. Fair enough, although the same alcoholic, inactive Cooney beat Eddie Gregg a...
Shavers was streamrolling through rubbish competition. His record was as padded as one can be. Soon after the Ellis victory he would lose to Bob...
Ellis was good, no doubt, but in my opinion Michael's win over the unbeaten ATG Holmes supersedes his entire heavyweight resume. Jimmy also...
Wilfred Benitez, James Toney, Sumbu Kalambay and Chris Byrd to name a few. Hard to go wrong with Toney-McCallum and Leonard-Benitez when it comes...
Ellis was a blown-up middleweight who had no legitimate wins over great heavies (Patterson deserved the nod in their fight). Spinks was a blown-up...
In his prime he was very capable of doing that. The best fight that demonstrates his speed and combination skills that I can recall is the one...
Williams as well with his 85" reach and quick, jolting jab. Williams's fights with Berbick and Cooper are his best showcases, off the top of my...
I responded to this post earlier but it was a jumbled mess so I deleted it. Here's my, um, "revised" version: While being big is not a skill,...
They were better in terms of skill, but not in accomplishments. Guys like Tubbs, Tucker, Thomas, Williams, Douglas, etc. were bigger and had...
Okay, that's cool then. Very interesting to see their primes compared like that. Still not a great indicator of their abilities as it doesn't take...
