Armstrong jumped straight from officially FW (though realistically jr.LW) to challenge for the WW title, bypassing LW for the time being.
1st name that came to mind when I saw the thread title. Notable for his longevity, but never a particularly special fighter @ any given time IMO....
Only 1 post, but you made it count. :sisi1
He busted up & stopped Navarrete w/in 5. [MEDIA]
His destruction of Willie the Worm in their rubber match gets my vote: [MEDIA]
Specifically, the Doug Jones fight, & how much a near-prime Ali was troubled by the smaller, lighter Jones' combined handspeed & power. though...
1st of all, it's impossible to know what the actual average is b/c not all his opponents' weights are readily available. 2nd, you're including...
He was in his youth. He was also the only fighter for many years to stop Glen Johnson & the only ever to stop Tito. [MEDIA] You should. [MEDIA]
Garcia wasn't some scrub, he had more physical/athletic talent than Huck & was a ranked hw across 4 consecutive years, which actually makes him...
idk, but I do remember a cartoon in the local newspaper that showed them squaring off in the ring w/ the ref telling them, "Alright boys, touch...
Castro caught him w/ some looping overhand rights that appeared to land flush, & Toney nailed him w/ a flush right while he was in the midst of a...
It's available, but you'd have to follow the link instead of viewing an embed. Try this instead: [MEDIA]
I believe that was actually Bramble-Rosario? The idea was that Bramble & Camacho had separate fights on the same card, & each fighter's expected...
I love how these 2 things are treated interchangeably. :lol: You mean this hook? [MEDIA] Norton lost to Shavers & Cooney when he no longer...
He withstood clean punches from the likes of Castro, Hopkins, Sosa, & even Toney, all of whom were noted punchers. His durability wasn't an issue...