Knockouts of Kilbane and Welsh.
To be fair though, After a great start, I think he lost the second one to Rocky.
He would have a field day if he boxed now. I could just see him covered in tats, with a bevy of molls screaming him on ringside.
I think in terms of quality of opposition, you have to make the comparisons with Sanchez. While I don’t know how He would have done against Gomez,...
What about the face? Maybe less rugged and more fiendish. Those eyes...
Jeez Mike that was good call! He had that old world ruggedly handsome, wrinkled square toothed smile look. A bit like M Walker, only without the chin.
Smith is a good one, but his chin was fairly solid wasn’t it? He took Bruno’s punches in his stride, and took a good number of Ruddock smashes...
It’s a good choice, but there was a few legit reasons and excuses for McGuigan’s loss, not just the incompatible heat.
An unusual heading, but throughout history there have been certain fighters, whose only claim to fame (maybe only function) was in beating...
Humberto Gonzalez was another.
I know looks can be deceiving, but have you ever been curious how some fighters may have tough, even brutish facial features, yet weak chins?...
Jack Sharkey. He was a noted blubberer when thing’s didn’t go his way.
I was very young at the time, and while aware of him through a boxing older brother, and had only seen him box on tv against Cowdell. I remember a...
A fight I remember, was Vargas-Hodkinson. And Gonzales-Kelley.
Don Curry was another guy who had an ‘indifferent’ expression when he fought. It was like his eyes were trapped behind an unmoving face.