ht Yes sir, excellent point. That would prevent fighters from "bulking up and coming in well overweigt, as was usually the case with Ricky...
Wilfred Benitez was a great counter-puncher, excellent head movement, and very good at fighting off the ropes, all nof which he put to good use in...
Gimme chin-first Ricky Hatton.
I would not have considered Leonard-Hearns I to be an "out of style win". In my opinion Leonard was an all-round fighter, with enough talents to...
You might be right. I'm sure Marciano was a tough nut, just like George Chuvalo was a tough nut. I don't think I ever watched him fight, tbh. But...
Tucker fractured his hand in the fight? I didn't know that. It certainly would explain a few things. Good example with Marciano's haymaker...
You might be right, of course we'll never know. Tyson was a monster when he was up against someone who was scared of him, as Michael Spinx was....
Tony Tucker had put up a fight against Mike Tyson? Tucker did the rope-a dope all night long. Tyson couldn't touch him and won by sheer agression....
Yep. Especially Trinidad, who was easily outboxed by de la Hoya. Trinidad received a gift in that one. Also, Trinidad was helpless as a baby once...
True, he lost a lot, but as I recally he usually won the rematch. I say he probably should have won the rematch against Lewis, but the lopsided...
, Really? I don't recall that. Let's hear some of those excuses then. I recall a Holmes who fought back hard after taking some blows, for example...
No I didn't. Of course Duran has a longer record,, mostly puffed up in the trenches against no-names. Modern fighters tend to pick their fights...
No I didn't. But seeing as how you brought it up, it would be tough to compare the two, given Duran's lengthy recordt puffed up in the in the...
I do. I say a prime Alexis Arguello would have outboxed Duran and knocked him out in the late rounds, much like he did with Ray Mancini....
Let me guess. The more popular fighter, with the potential for more big money fights, gets the benefit of the doubt. Sadly, it has always been...
