Great post and a great read, thanks a lot for posting. And a interesting bit of trivia, I never knew the origin of the 'not up to scratch' phrase...
Who are some fighters who overcame a lack of power to still achieve great things? This seems a particularly impressive feat in a sport where the...
Eubank over McClellan Dempsey over Wlad Holyfield over Tyson EDIT: And a speculative Marciano over Lewis
Louis is no demon on the inside but Lennox was more or less totally ineffectual there his whole career. He was so much more comfortable at range...
Undoubtedly there are some bad coaches, but I know people who have trained at 3 different clubs where I grew up (Liverpool) and none of them ever...
I am pretty sure it was Frazier whom there is a story about when he won the title and returned for his homecoming, he expected parades and...
It was a fairly interesting thread that would lead to interesting clashes of opinion but now it is just you talking about english language in a...
A lot of them seem to come from the HW, which could be to do with them being the most watched fights by people who are not big boxing fans. Tyson,...
Ausustus as well for the sheer joy he sometimes seemed to having, clowning about for rounds at a time to music only he could hear :good
At his very best he beats them all, comfotably I think, but his best is long past and he is the kind of fighter who will decline as his physical...
You got it, these fellas need a excuse for a loss. They are not really dodging responsibility, but they need to be able to tell themselves in...
Every is hugely pissed off about the Pacquiao/Mayweather fight and the news at the moment is that they will be competing on the same night in...
Think Sanchez is way too high at number one, it is between Olivares and Chavez for me, think I am probably biaised giving JCC the nod. I worked...
Most of my picks have been mentioned already, Whitaker, Napoles, Conteh and especially Buchanan. One other is JCC, thinking particulary of the...
I wouldnt be surprised, I dont know how true it is but I read he smoked up to 100 cigarettes a day. Incredible that I have never really seen him...
