Gil Clancy said it: "It was a mistake coming in at 145". You're disagreeing with Gil Clancy? In all seriousness, I remember Manny Steward saying...
Hugh Grant?
how about Jonathan Rhys-Miller as Mendoza?
there's early prime, mid prime, and late prime. ali-frazier 3 was late prime for both. in fact, it finished their primes - so brutal and...
Worthy of a film? London, 1780s, scrappy Jewish kid gets pulled off the street by the great pugilist, Richard Humphries, who teaches him the...
which hagler? the one who fell asleep in Anutofermo 1 and Duran and Leonard rounds 1-4? or the tiger who destroyed Minter and Roldan and Hearns?
Hearns weighed in at 145, which cost him in the end. NOt sure why, but they left him in the steam room too long. He was completely dehydrated,...
i think the fighters have to be in their primes - it's not classic if they're past it.
i had Hearns 7-5. Disappointing bout if you saw the first one. But then, few fights compare to the first one.
Thanks McGrain. I don't want to violate the site's policy against advertising. I'd be happy to start a thread on "Sorcery" - do you think the...
Good one. That was Chief Justice Douglas' definition of pornography. You know it when you see it.
I'm a new member. Amazed at the knowledgeable people on this site. Thank-you Robbi for posting about my book. I hope everybody reads it and I'm...
Change of momentum? Knockdowns? Pace and intensity? Underdog upset? Technical skill? Lots of talk about 'classic' fights, but no clear...
Leonard was really smart. He won with his brains as much as his physical skills. The one exception was his first Duran bout - his judgment...
