The contemporary fighters (who fought atleast one of each) seemed to have a good idea on what was going to go down.
Both Arcari and Locche challenged Napoles but I would've rather seen the two fight each other.
Pastor needed to hit the canvas sometimes to get going: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH5KYZ94V8w He was down 6 times against Turkey...
Musto and Simon I intended to say. Especially in the case of Simon who had received a monumental beating and was only given another title shot...
Butterbean, journeyman Louis Monaco, kickboxer Mike Bernardo and Brian Nielsen all knocked him out. Holyfield would knock him out cold in about 1...
Franklin fought Musto and Simon after Louis had already stopped them. 4 months later he was KO'd by Pastor. He wasn't exactly a Harry Wills...
The question is how long? Baer never went more than 10 rounds. Willard preferred a fight to the finish and didn't settle for anything less than...
We may have seen Baer using more movement against Willard than he did against Louis. Probably he felt his only way to win against Louis was by...
Willard should have fought Fulton also. He was called the "pacifist" champion in his day, the heavyweight who did not like to box. I don't think...
Buddy Baer was a much more active fighter than Willard. He was more suited to 10 rounds fights than even 15 rounds fights as he went for the kill...
Yes he did. Franklin was in line to fight Louis, he only had to get past the unfortunate "gatekeeper" to Louis's title that was Bob Pastor, due to...
Barbados Joe Walcott would definitely whip him. Peter McNeeley was terrible, far worse than his father who was regularly beaten by light heavyweights.
Fullmer on his bike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B58pVoK8bE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSQJmGxzEFs
Rocky was clumsy but he did have some semblance of skill, or atleast cleverness in using his strengths. I believe his late start did contribute to...
Cuevas may have hit harder with the haymakers he used to throw (and sometimes land) but Duran was not going to be beaten in a brawl. He took...
