Hagler weighed 157 or 158 for one of his last fights (Mugabi or Leonard?) Why he'd ever want to move up is beyond me, he was a middleweight...
:D maybe. I bet none of them were game enough to give him **** about it :bbb
Seen some of this before, where he talks about Clay not yet having had his chin tested at that point. Fair point. Interesting stuff regarding Clay...
I have only 1 word to add to the above...Tocker Pudwill
Saad had a hell of a sad story before he took up boxing so if he's homeless now then it makes it all the more worse :patsch
:lol::lol::!::!: :think :roll: :silly :dead
If Mayweather fought in their era he'd be a victim of truism of the day 'a good big man beats good little man'
Benitez - Cervantes would have been about 13 years difference. In other words, 75% of Wildredo's entire life at that stage :scaredas:
Several of those guys hit harder than Benn and would have KO'd him because most had better chins than Benn. Anyone that's been KO'd by a jab ain't...
I strongly suspect a prime Hagler lays a 12 or 15 round beating on a prime Joe Calzaghe despite being 'only' a middleweight
Anyone that spent so many years in the top 3 P4P ratings and especially considering the calibre of fighters around in his day, can't be too overrated
Are you taking the ****? Must be :deal
I've never read a name that Hagler "should have fought" and he was a pro for 15 years and fighting ATG's coming up in weight was where the money...
There's the power of a hook and then there's the timing of a hook. Robinson's hook was perfectly timed, rather than simply being a powerful punch
In about 83 Young lost a UD decision to one of our fighters Jeff Malcolm. Malcolm is an acclaimed fighter here but by world standards doesn't rate...