I always liked "the War on the Shore" (Spinks-Cooney).
Risko wasn't a "ham & egger," he was a dangerous contender & notorious spoiler throughout the 20s & early 30s. he has numerous other elite...
On the flipside, if Ray had beaten a reigning lhw champ while not even weighing 150, it would be hailed as a historic win & the greatest feat of...
That he had a strong run over multiple years before suddenly losing back-to-back fights would seem more indicative of a burnout than "luck"...
I think his ww run is criminally underrated. He won the title @ just 20 yrs old by thrashing a vastly more experienced ATG in Britton, soundly...
I've always had a contrary view of this fight - I felt Toney landed more of the cleaner headshots despite being driven backward most of the fight,...
Who didn't foresee this fool getting banned? :rolleyes::lol:
I thought Castillo got away w/ some questionable decisions of his own vs. elite boxers though. I thought he was lucky to get any better than a...
Basilio against Gavilan Tiberi against Toney Bill Brennan & Firpo against Dempsey Floyd Robertson against Sugar Ramos Keith Mullings against Raul...
Navarrete outboxes & outhustles Hamed IMO.
I would argue that he scored some of the best non-title wins by a champ in either division, though. While still ww champ & weighing a couple lb...
The draw w/ Sharkey is 1 of the greatest single feats by any fighter in history IMO. His decisive wins over ex-lhw champs McTigue & Berlenbach...
I don't think any fighter's legacy/reputation has been more aversely affected by a single loss than YC3's was by his loss to McLarnin. For many,...
Overlin too fast, crafty, & unpredictable IMO.
James P. Dawson (who saw greb in person) basically described him that way in a writeup of his fight w/ Apostoli for the NY times: "Overlin has a...
