Dang, I think you’re right. My mistake.
I assume the Wepner reference was a joke, since Chuck did “fight” Inoki. Didn’t last long, as I recall.
They didn't kill themselves together. They just both happened to commit suicide. Thing is, Green worked fights for seven more months after the...
Including Nat Fleischer, Jersey Joe Walcott, and all the boxing writers who went along with that fateful May 1965 decision. (Now back to our...
Forgot about Bruno. Thanks!
I see your point, but how many rematches did Tyson have? Just Ruddock and Holyfield as I can recall. Would Tyson have imploded against Douglas if...
The last time I watched the Douglas - Tyson fight, a few months back, I took away that while Douglas fought an extraordinarily good fight, Tyson...
I don't know, but in my opinion Bert helmed the best version of Ring magazine ever, between October 1979 and sometime in 1983 or so. He apparently...
Resume rather than potential? Quarry had notable wins over Mac Foster, Jack Bodell, Larry Middleton, Randy Neumann, Ron Lyle, Earnie Shavers, and...
I think there's too many to make a definitive call. I had a lot of respect for Mitch Halpern.
By stretching this myth, in the days before we could check out the fight for ourselves, Ali (through Dundee) and Cooper probably ensured...
Several less-than-casuals I knew thought Vinnie Paz would beat Roy Jones.
I think Sports Illustrated even picked Ali.
Mike started appearing on tv as an amateur. I became intrigued when he appeared on the cover of The Amateur Boxer a year or two before he turned pro.
Man, I love stuff like this!
