Great answer. I did not consider the likeliness of this Liston quitting if the tide changes. Liston would tire, Rocky doesn't slow down.
Dave was spot on. I think people often view the old techniques as naturally inferior and simply do not understand how they could be effective,...
Watch the first Frazier fight. Foreman shows a great understanding of the old long guard techniques and mastered the lost arts of blocking,...
Sonny Liston VS Rocky Marciano has been discussed probably hundreds of times on here alone, but these almost always compare prime VS prime, which...
And why do you say that? Frazier stylistically was very close to Dempsey, lacking his power. Rocky certainly had the stamina to outlast the Ali...
Hardly. Dempsey's style was largely built on his footspeed. His defensive head/body movements were all complementary to his footwork. When the...
Keep in mind Frazier fought in the same way, bobbing and weaving with his head pressed forward, and we saw how Frazier did against Ali. Ali had...
Bigger hitters, who weren't as fast and were easier to hit. Frazier lacked Dempseys power, and beat this version of Ali, Dempsey's style is...
The Ali who lost to Frazier beats all of them? Interesting....
Cool story, but Prime Ali it has nothing to do with the topic.
Dempsey gets KO"d? Dempsey had a considerably better chin than Frazier, and had less predictable head movement, making him harder to hit.
You realize Dempsey was actually an inch TALLER than Frazier, and had the same reach? If Dempsey is crude, so is Frazier. Frazier's entire...
Tyson does worse than Galento? Interesting thesis. I can see why one may pick Ali over Patterson, I agree with Rocky, though think ole Dempsey...
As for my opinions on how the fights would go. This Ali loses to Dempsey by knockout. Of all the boxers I mentioned, Dempsey was stylistically...
Great answer. I agree with you on all these points, and that's partially why I asked this question. Most serious fans of boxing history and...
