I've just watched the fight again, and - my mistake - it was the second round that Minter knocked Hagler back on his heels and went for it....
I sometimes wonder what might have happened if Stracey had had more time to rest between defences.
And I get that, too. I just think it was nowhere near as good as the commentators were making it out to be. For a comparison, lets go back to the...
No. I get what you're saying, but it doesn't change my view of the fight. I will be uploading a middleweight contest that I think is much more...
Stracey defended his WBC welterweight title against perennial contender Hedgemon Lewis. This was a chance for Stracey to defend his title on home...
I think Hagler won the most overrated fight in the history of boxing. I'm not saying Hagler - Hearns was a bad fight, but it was nowhere near as...
The key to beating Joe Bugner was effective aggression. Just about everyone who beat Bugner was busier than him. That applies to Jack Bodell as...
Leon Spinks. Actually, he'd have a decent chance against the 1979 version of Ali.
Just a few days after his 21st birthday, Roberto Duran went to Madison Square Garden to challenge Ken Buchanan for the WBA lightweight title....
I watched quite a few of Pendleton's fights in the late 1980s. An American bar owner in Bangkok back then used to have videos of the previous...
I have no idea who to watch for, but I suspect Eddie Hearn does and that he will sign most of the top performers.
Mike Tyson went the distance for the first time as a pro when he beat James Tillis. Up next was a fight with Mitch Green. The two boxers were from...
The big drawback to any thread like this concerning Beterbiev is he is now starting to look unnaturally good. It's not just that he stopped his...
Well, Eddie Hearn seems rather good at getting failed drugs tests to go away. Not sure if that counts as looking out for the boxers, and...
Maybe so, but we were discussing Wilder facing Botha.