Which could have been his way of patching things up. Ali's claim that Bugner gave him a harder time than Frazier and Norton is frankly ridiculous....
I know a doctor said he had a swollen testicle and was in extreme pain. Where did you hear he had an operation? It sounds unlikely to me that he...
I know Ali said it was because of the heat but I still doubt this. He was certainly not on the verge of collapse like he was in Manila and if he...
Buchanan claimed years later that the low blow from Duran resulted in a burst testicle. As much as I like Buchanan, I find that impossible to...
Fair enough. Thanks for providing so much detail. As for no easy online betting... I pretty certain there wasn't any online betting in 1981!
After a three and a half year layoff...
I didn't say it wasn't historic. But you're kidding yourself if you think a three and a half year layoff wasn't a major factor.
Leonard was the bookies' favourite.
I can't agree with that. It was only Ali's third fight after a three and a half year layoff.
A Wilder vs AJ fight is something that has been talked about a lot recently. With the state of boxing as it is, doesn't that mean that the fight...
Dillian Whyte must have followed some radical new training programme in preparation for this fight. He looks completely different.
Duran was 21 when he lost to de Jesus and it was a light welterweight bout. Duran won all his fights at lightweight.
I'm not saying it wasn't swept under the carpet, I have no way of knowing. But I haven't seen anything in the comments that suggests it was...
That's completely different and you know it.
None of that means it was definitely swept under the carpet.
