I’ve found that he’s one of many boxers who seem better in my imagination and memory than when I rewatch their fights decades later.
Floyd based on sheer achievements and mastery of his style. He was rarely troubled across all those weight classes and consistently made it look easy.
Bruno vs McCall springs to mind…they’d trained together for years. Bruno regularly namechecked him as his best sparring partner as far back as ‘89...
Jeff Harding vs Dennis Andries 1. Andries had rebuilt his career at Kronk and was giving a career best performance…Harding blocked every punch...
Yeah, agreed. To your original point, with Tyson-Douglas I think it’s a mix of his fans making excuses but also the shock..it was so against form...
Some of them absolutely get a pass. Larry Holmes for example is often excused for being too old and unprepared. Michael Spinks, Tyson’s biggest...
Hagler wasn’t even at the high end of the middleweight limit. With the way they do weigh-ins now, he’d have been more comfortable at...
Yeah…my rationale was that Bugner was coming off a string of solid distance wins, plus he was so experienced that the big event wouldn’t have got...
Great callout on Foreman - Morrison. I remember the poster for that fight with the word “styles” as the promo…lots of predictions for both...
This is a good one! Tyson v Douglas Tyson v Holyfield (both times) Ruddock v Lewis Leonard v Hearns 2 Granted, I was in the majority. For an...
Featherweight or Welterweight for me. So many great fights and champions over the years.
Great matchup and wish it’d happened! I see it playing out similar to Lewis v Bruno, with Frank troubling him with the jab and rights early on,...
I thought Tyson was maybe a round or two away from it being stopped on cuts, and he knew it.
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Yes…Spinks knows how to befuddle him and exploit his weaknesses. It’s less about Franks power and more about how conventional he is….too easy for...
