Gene Tunney may have been. He was self-educated, invested well and married into money. He also turned his Dempsey fights into gold.
The outdoor Life network has some other classic fights. Two I caught were Duran - Cuevas and Foreman - Morrison.
Joe Louis was finished after 71 fights. Ali was finished after 61 fights. Robnson and Chavez declined shortly after 73 fights.
Check the greats's records they almost always decline with the more fights they have.
I do not want to go over this again and again but... The second Leonard - Duran fight was Duran's 73rd fight. After just 39 fights Leonard...
Foreman should not be in that list.
Maybe Foreman or Shavers qualifies but the best I ever saw was Julian Jackson. They way he flattens Negron, Norris, Cardamone and Graham is...
Hearns McCallum Jackson Benitez
Let's put this into context. Duran had 82 fights when he fought Hearns. Hearns had 39. Hearns has currently 67 fights. Let's see where he...
Roberto Duran being knocked out by anyone in 1980 is ludicrous. He slipped punches like very few could. He had an iron jaw and would wear Hearns...
Duran gave him a rematch.
A couple points: He was beat by an out of prime (although one of the all time best), lightweight. He was being beaten by Hearns and the...
Greb wins. He fought half blind. He never trained just fought all the time. He is said to have fought Mickey Walker in the streets after they...
Let's say Joe Frazier who after taking a beating could not hold up to George Foreman's blows. And I will add the all time great Roberto Duran...
Marcel Cerdan -Ray Robinson Aaron Pryor - Roberto Duran Harry Greb - Ray Robinson Jack Johnson - Jack Dempsey Gene Tunney - Mike Tyson Benny...
