I've said this one before but how could Vernon Forrest lose twice to Ricardo Mayorga after beating P4P number one fighter at the time, Sugar Shane...
How could Tommy Hearns beat Virgil Hill who was an undefeated world champion at the time and then lose for a second time to Iran Barkley in his...
Toney vs Jirov and Ward vs Augustus. Brutal inside fights.
Interesting matchup with Erdei's hand speed and DM's physicality and pressure. I think Erdei has his moments early but ultimately, DM's strength...
I'm going of the beaten path with Guillermo Jones. He started at 147 and went all the way up to 200 pounds winning a cruiserweight title and...
I would say Honeyghan vs Curry or Barkley vs Hearns were the biggest upsets that I can recall from the 80's.
Trust me, you won't find a bigger McCallum fan than me on this forum and I agree McCallum was a far superior counter puncher than GGG. I still...
Shane was unbelievably strong on top of being blessed with incredible hand speed. He would eat Ricky alive. Oscar would like take his head off...
I don't know if I would say better, just different. GGG was certainly more powerful and worked behind his jab more. McCallum had more...
Correct! Ukraine in particular always were the meat and potatoes of the Soviet program. Kazakhstan produced s9me badasses as well with 96's gold...
You are correct. Especially in the 70's,80's and 90's the USA amateur program was very strong and outperformed the Cubans and Soviets. Around...
One thing is for sure, this figjt is gong the distance. On one hand, you have one of the greatest defensive fighter's of all time who also has a...
It's Ray for me hands down.
I agree about the Bridger weightclass. That is just a money grab by the sanctioning body.
My rare opinion is that the cruiserweight division is good for boxing. I don't think it always would have made sense but with the size of modern...
