not really. fans a hundred years from now will read about him, look up his fights and go ugh, his competition was almost all old, out of shape or...
valuev had an impressive workrate to me, didn't punch hard but he punched often.
jackson was one of fitz's teachers. sullivan was a much better version of goddard, see joe choynski's thoughts on that. sullivan ruined...
charley mitchell, dominick mccaffery and jake kilrain were hardly clubfighters, except for mitchell who threw down in pubs quite a bit.
if you count his overall career, he has to be top ten. he legitimized gloves, was the first sports hero and did very well inside the ring as...
james figg would kick all those mma guys asses. they'd take him down and he'd fish hook their eyes out before they knew where their sub transition...
honestly he has no chance in a boxing match with klitschko
a really strong guy with great stamina is made for the lpr. not many fit both those criteria. david tua?
for the people saying ruiz sucked totally, he cleanly beat a old holyfield. a holyfield that went on to beat rahman and several b level guys.
hector v ajax -fought all day james figg exh jack broughton tom cribb v tom molineaux 1 tom hyer v yankee sullivan greb v tunney 1
ufc is no different than boxing, the guys who draw fans will get bigger paychecks, except that boxers can negotiate with different companies (ie...
botha would befuddle bruno with his slow motion one two combos, while dragging him into a clinch uppercutfest.
top three amateur heavyweight ever
nice write up, I liked the quick and to the point descriptions of the bouts, where he was at that point. could do something like that for a lot of...
he has had a very good career. he beat a atg when the guy didn't give him respect and that is a fine trick to pull off, many other guys don't...
