Joyce Carol Oates can make any subject dull. That said, I haven't read her boxing book, and we should at least give her credit for loving the...
Sports Illustrated actually backed Leonard in the Hagler fight. I don't think the way Ray won the fight was that surprising. Had he mauled...
Joe wasn't in the habit of dominating the later rounds of his fights. Of course, this is largely because he stopped many of his opponents early;...
Great thread. An interesting byproduct of looking for candidates is learning that Archie Moore only fought six undefeated fighters in his long...
This. One has to remember that the Ali Joe beat was not prime. A PRIME Holmes weathers Joe's barrages and wears him down. A fantastic fight,...
Sugar seems like he'd be a load of fun to close down a bar with. There's something to be said for that.
Well, lifting and the PEDs.
Well, Duva stupidly told him at the bell for the final round that the fight was in the balance and Taylor had to win the round to win the fight....
Watching it at the time, I was screaming at the screen because when Marvin backed Ray into the corner it seemed that this Marvin's chance to win...
Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes.
That's certainly what I remember. I saw many of Danny's fights back in the day, and would never characterize him as having a "weak" chin. He...
Henry Cooper looks and speaks just as well, and he's three years older. It's fascinating to see how these warriors were affected by their years...
I was around at the time and I actually had Foreman going into this fight. I had made a point of following George's career after he turned pro...
I though Ali's father was a sign-painter and his mother was a maid.
Too bad Alonzo didn't kill Gastineau.
