One of those guys like Ray Robinson or Wilfredo Gomez that had perfect footwork whether on offense or defense. He beat a lot of very good fighters...
I hate the holidays. But I need to say that many people think of boxing as a sport of the past and i think they are right. But to paraphrase...
I haven't seen the fight in a long time but Frazier didn't have trouble backing up and beating down Joe Bugner who was pretty close to the same...
If you're asking if you forgot anybody how about Manuel Medina. He might not be more than honorable mention but he stuck around the top 10 for...
Michael Nunn is this decades Donald Curry.
Dempsey was pretty dirty. Ali held behind the head a lot- I'd argue he was one of the most consistently dirty heavyweight because that was one if...
I'll take GGG...
But was it better than Hurricane Carter knocking out Emile Griffith?
He'd go 97-6-3 (22) with a 5 year reign at lightweight and 8 defenses.
Mark Breland
I was riffing on everyone else. Also is Firpo the first Argentine boxing star.
On film Firpo looks like a combination of Svenska Ottke and Jimmy Young. Slick and Argentine.
Technically his first big wins were around lightweight/junior welterweight.
Ali's hands were shot. Plus his knockouts were all about accuracy and timing, two things Parkinson would remove. It's more surprising he won any...
Jimmy Mcclarnin
