Many boxers who've been stunned won't admit to it. Or, because they were stunned, they don't remember it. Rocky had his bells rung and saw stars...
Zale would do more than work on Floyd's body. He'd pound on those arms and shoulders to reduce the effectiveness of Mayweather's shoulder roll...
Yeh, the nearest Ali came to "ducking" anyone was prolly delaying Holmes. Ali always had trouble with tall, long armed fighters with good jabs....
Yup. You've just defined Emile Griffith's entire career! He didn't just go up in weight class, winning titles along the way. He campaigned up...
Duran at lightweight was deceptively mobile and hard to hit solidly. Quick feet. He turned his head with punches, almost as well as Ali, to take...
Buchanan, no doubt. Boom Boom was and is an admirable guy, but Ken ate up guys like Mancini as if they were haggis.
I don't even hafta stray far from home (Fort Worth, Texas): Bruce Curry and Ronnie Shields (from Beaumont) were excellent amateur light...
Hamed is among the few I'd give a shot at beating Gomez. Not due to superior technique or anything like that. But Hamed was so unorthodox,...
Oh, yeh, Evander Holyfield. Great jab and straight right. Brutal elbows, forearms, uppercuts and hooks at midrange and headbutts in close. :!:
Yup, classic example of how three fighters, otherwise equal in all respects, are separated primarily by size and strength, if only a few pounds....
If Giardello doesn't get into a slugging match, he'll win.
Oliveras was one of my favorite fighters at his peak. But Gomez was better, too big, strong and slick for Oliveras.
Watch his fight against Mike Quarry. Far from Foster's greatest challenge, but a classic example of his brutal power.
Look at it this way: Calvin Brock is bigger. But in today's heavyweight scene, he seems smallish. And he's not as strong as Liston.
Lightweight. This is a division that invites lots of legitimate crossover fighters, guys who can move up from featherweight or down from...
