There's that...and the fact that his first career simply doesn't merit a place...hence why he didn't tend to get one.
I imagine he's not in some top 10s due to a crappy reigns as champion. Like I said, if he's such a lock, why doesn't he tend to appear in those...
He's in my top 10. I don't think 11 is laughable at all, personally.
They were a minority because people in the trade tend to pick the champion when push comes to shove...just like only two of about 14 picked Liston...
But he wasn't generally in these lists at the time. For example, there isn't many all-time top 10s in the late 70s or 80s that has George in it...
Missed that. Fair enough.
So what do you think the writers of Boxing News were saying before Zaire?
So basically the position he was typically in after his first career. That punch vs Moorer basically got him a top 10 berth.
Oh, Ok, I didn't realise. I thought you were saying, he'd do exactly what Holmes would do (i.e. frequency of fights in similar timescales) when I...
Jimmy would have been, but lost to Ocasio. Hardly Larry's fault. Maybe. But as Boxing News said when it was rumoured George would be fighting...
But he wasn't active as 'champion', that's a fact based on Zaire being his 3rd defence in the time Larry clocked up 6, so you don't need to...
Great example. I have an interview with Leonard, from (i think) around 83, 84 and in it, he states how much he admires Hagler as a champion and...
Solid choice. I was going to say Whitaker, for its great accuracy and versatility but this is 'death' by 1000 jabs, so Tommy is probably a better...
Would he? If that's the case, then his actions in 1973 and 1974 would have been a decent marker. In the month he was about to make his 3rd...
True. But by the time of the Tyson-Spinks fight, Tyson was regarded as the consensus champ with the general public, hence why he entered the...
