Earnie Shavers was a surprisingly good athlete. According to his book, he played FB and Defensive Line in High School and ran track. In the late...
Somebody should interview his opponents and write a book called Facing Manea.
I think Flynn's a little over 500. I did a quick count and came up with 20 fights he had against HOF fighters. This doesn't even include his...
I love it. Tua beats Marciano because he's fatter. What's next Butterbean beats Joe Louis? Tua's an ATG because he almost beat Ike I. Ike's an...
Ricky Hatton was actually a 112 year old Harry Greb.
I think Lew Jenkins is a closer match.
Bvins had lost his last two fights before the 46 Charles loss, admittedly to quality opponents. Immediately before Charles' loss to Bivins,...
I don't have Charles in the top 5, but it's not unreasonable. Two small issues with Charles. Size. Charles wins over Burely need to be...
I like Jeannette to win the fight. I like Broad to win the pie eating contest.
Satterfield was fighting at a super middleweight for the LaMotta fight. Satterfield was KO'd 13 times in his career. He was chinny LaMotta...
Carter beat Elis, Ellis beat Quarry, Quarry beat Shavers, Shavers beat Norton, Norton beat Ali so..... Seriously the only way Carter wins if he...
To be really accurate it should be "if Y connects in the right spot, at the right time of the fight/round and can follow up on it, it's over."...
Lyle Ko'd Shavers but almost everyone considers Shavers the harder puncher. I don't think anyone rates Douglas over Tyson in punching power...
You must be a big fan of the underappreciated art of clinching. I thought Ellis vs Quarry was really dull. Maybe the only really boring Quarry...
I thought this was considered to be a fixed fight. Maybe Gavilan knew he wasn't going to get a decision no matter what happened and phoned it in.
