Here's the slow-motion hand-speed of an old Jack Dempsey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw7P-bP_bbE
Anyway I think we can all agree that Napoles vs Floyd and vs Pac would be 2 classic fights, which unfortunately are about as likely to happen as...
For the first few rounds, he arguably outboxed Carlos Monzon from range, despite a huge height and reach disadvantage. I don't think it's beyond...
Educated pressure is a pretty good description of how Napoles fought. IMO you are overrating speed here, as if it automatically wins a fight. Zab...
Anyone can be stopped if they are hit in the right spot with good timing, especially if they didn't see the punch coming.
Why not? He was only stopped once in over 70 fights.
By fight strategy I mean the ability to change your normal style and approach to a fight because it is going to work horribly against a given...
Arguably Roy Jones - before he went up to HW and back he was only floored once and was never seriously hurt. He certainly had the fastest hands at...
Pac and Hamed didn't have great chins. I also chose Leonard at first, but to be fair he didn't have *great* one-punch knockout power. Very good...
Sugar Ray Robinson Jack Dempsey Mike Tyson
5 years is a long title reign by HW boxing standards. Also it's harder for the later fighters to have a very long reign due to the fractured...
It depends how you rate fighters. If you rate purely on results vs quality of opposition then clearly his weak opposition makes it hard to rate...
The difference is Bowe ducked Lewis and was clearly outboxed in a few fights. Vitali lost on a cut against an ATG, lost his other fight by...
Yeah the accomplishments of Wlad have been better. But it's clear Wlad is a flawed and vulnerable fighter, whereas Vitali despite weaker opponents...
