The OP specified non-heavyweight, and Ray Leonard would be a strong contender for this - Ray Robinson was popular in his own right, but Leonard...
I don’t think Ali was ever someone who would work out for the sole sake of being in shape - when he was younger, pre-exile, he had that crazy...
Patterson - appropriate, he’s a favorite
I lean towards older Ali - he stated himself that, while he was quicker and had more stamina in the 60s, he was more confident as an older...
Tyson again, on fear: "(Fear) is like a snap, a little snap of light I get when I fight. I love that feeling. It makes me feel secure and...
I'd parallel this with Ali's KO of Foreman; in both cases, the champ (Foreman, Tyson) was seeing as an unbeatable monster who had run amok in the...
