Haven't read all the posts but here goes. Conteh-Galindez: summer of 75. John had yet to deal with his fragile right hand issues and Victor hadn't...
Agree totally! Has there ever been such a 'tweenie' as Floyd? He turned pro at 17! He couldn't have remained at 175. Once he was a grown man...
I've mentioned this before but, tho not a fix, it, IMO, was a gimme. Ali-Spinks 1. Ali, clearly past prime? Skills and experience still there...
Floyd would have him out in a few minutes unless he felt sorry for him. Jeez, such disrespect for an ATG.
AB-SO-LUTE-LY!!!
Too 'modern' George, give him some earlier stuff....
Just noticed I started this thread years ago! Just realized a point regarding these fighters. Tiger hit "prime" LONG after he should have! Valdez...
In a pvp matchup I can see Holmes being more trouble then Ali had in the Norton trilogy. IMO Sidebar: IMO Ali would beat both 67-70 convincingly...
Eras!!!
Eras
Love em' both. Jersey Joe would not KO Patterson. Depending on the year they would have fought it could have gone either way. If there was a...
Tunney's right hand harder than Liston's??????
Except when you 'throw' the fight against a 7-0-1 fighter that didn't deserve a shot only to have a rematch a few months later that he had to take...
Agreed; Rubin was often inconsistent. Eras aside of course.
But...consider...that was a 15th round KD and Joe and Muhammad were both equally 'spent'. Clay could have survived the 4th against Cooper had he...
