To be fair, Leonard did say - in an example of a guy trying just a little too hard to seem like the alpha male - that he was going to kill Duran.
Sometimes. Wasn't fat against Barkley.
Hmm.
Yes, Duran is one of those fighters whom boxing "fans" who don't actually watch boxing and just read Boxrec career records might actually think is...
Factor in the fact that nobody ever reached the jaw to find out if it was glass during his prime, so it's an unknown. Any candidate would have to...
Roberto Duran & Esteban DeJesus. http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/esteben-de-jesus-Duran-HOSPITAL.jpg People still...
Anybody dumb enough to jump onto it like that may well have been knocked out by it.
It wasn't long or drawn out but Ike Williams vs Beau Jack is the most violent end to a fight I have ever seen, and I include Griffith-Paret in that.
Holmes vs Cobb
He was 22! Have you heard of Doug Jones?
It almost seems unfair to call it a great performance, because Sanchez was just in a different league, but the first fight against Little Red is...
In terms of weight, sure, by a few pounds. We've seen countless great fighters handle that kind of size discrepancy just fine. As for height,...
Literally the definition of longevity, no? Cramming 15 top level fights into three years is extremely impressive. It's not longevity though.
Indeed. Compare to what he did to all-time great Carlos Zarate at super-bantamweight and see what difference a few lbs made to him.
Wilfredo Gomez seems the quintessential example.
