For the record, here are the ages at which all current outdoor athletics world records were set. I suppose you might argue, with the strength...
It'd be very naive to confidently declare any top level athlete to be have totally clean in every last respect at every last point of their...
I'm not sure I totally buy that there's been a change, it just so happens that three of the GOATs have been playing together, with the generation...
I absolutely agree with all of that. To my mind contestants in almost every physical sport [and boxing is very physical] peak in their 20s. For...
*statement of the obvious klaxon* Hard to call. Fury has better head movement and probably punch resistance, Joshua the greater power. But Fury...
Fair play to him, honestly. Spinks was a very good champion but by no means a natural, or even particularly serious proposition at, heavyweight....
I suppose that the most sensible interpretation of "could have beaten" means 'would have had a pretty good chance, e.g. woulld be around a 5 to 1...
Yeah, I mean, Audley was decent, mostly just turned pro too late, started to become injury prone, ended up obliged to go into fights in poor...
Witherspoon was a good fighter, and to be fair the contractual stuff going on between him and Don King potentially would have posed a obstacle to...
The usually merely questionable [occasionally highly questionable, e.g. Holyfield Lewis 1] robberies that you get in big televised contests can't...
This is true for punching power that's driven by long-lasting factors such as overall height and weight, hand/wrist size, technique, etc etc. It's...
Hard to say. The single most important thing is getting a relatively soft title shot. Not all title shots are equal. Plenty of 40 yr old former...
IMO: (a) Pre-prison 90s Tyson [e.g. per the Ruddock fights] - Tyson v strong favourite against any 90s Foreman. (b) Immediate post prison 90s...
There's a world of difference between having an unexceptional chin, somewhat vulnerable to a big shot, and being glass jawed.
Already mentioned, but Pacquiao-Marquez IV is probably 'the correct answer'. Although I'm not his biggest fan, Joshua's fights with Ruiz (I) and...
