Is Fenech anywhere in the conversation here? Or was his work at '26 not of the same level of his bantam/super bantam stuff?
Pretty interesting that JJW thought Rocky so amateurish and artless considering their respective performances against Layne about 7 or 8 months apart.
Any word on why Walcott gets the title shot against Charles immediately after losing pretty easily to Rex? Having previously lost to Ezz, a...
He never fought Machin but it's not exactly a gaping hole in his resume. It really is an astonishing pair of lists, plus there are a few handy...
Norfolk just before Blackie I guess. But there's bound to be earlier ones
probably as good a time as any to share one of my all-time favourite left hooks. Right there with SRR's on Fulmer or Floyd's on Ingo, and as...
FFS Kinda think "Best I Faced" is about being in the ring with a man rather than how you might have admired their skills from outside the ropes in...
Always looked forward to The Big Book of Boxing too
Yeah the '63 Clay award is weird. Knocked out Charley Powell in 3, which is what he should have done. Then had a couple of shockers against Jones...
Ali hated it coz it was the one he wore for Norton 1, but I always dug the one Elvis gave him. Was v cool & v Elvis! [IMG] And props to the poster...
here's another one same year at Jeffries' training camp. Joe & the two Jims all looking fit. [IMG]
Not sure if that previous link worked so,,...
[IMG] sonny had bloody big hands....
Floyd's year between Rademacher Aug 57 (3 weeks after the Jackson fight) and Harris Aug 58 is probably the most easily criticized gap in his...
It seems universally accepted that Floyd Patterson's reigns were carefully curated to protect him from some dangerous contenders -- Machen,...
