Floyd Patterson, was well beloved even past his days as a champion and never harbored a grudge towards anyone. Gave Liston the chance to fight for...
For the general public and casuals, the heavyweight division is always going to outshine the lower weight divisions. Most people think Norton won...
Yes, he just happened to be in the most stacked era of the HW division. I rank him 5th best HW of the 70s. Could have found more success perhaps...
He is worthy of ranking as high as Top 15
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Frazier essentially cleared the list of top contenders during Ali’s absence to establish himself as the best, he fought almost everyone of note up...
I can see a motivated Douglas lasting the distance but the fight would still be in Mike's favor
Frazier would have the best shot and the toughest skin for Ali's trash-talking, and this would be before Frazier's health and vision started to...
The only one I'd bet against him is Foreman, it could go either way for early 70s Ali and Frazier. He comfortably beats the rest
Octavio Meyran for Tyson-Douglas and No Mas
Mike was superior physically, but Floyd had the bigger heart and better fighting mentality.
Around 2:20 mark Ali's justification is that he wasn't as strong or hit harder back then. That's interesting considering most assume he would try...
Ali only “figured” him out in the 2nd fight by having a lenient referee allow the excessive holding and grabbing behind the neck, in Manila with a...
If they fought earlier Ali likely would’ve gone in underestimating Frazier like he did in FOTC while enraging him as well, that doesn’t bode well....
The difference is that Frazier actually gets up from the knockdowns and punishes AJ harder than Ruiz did.