Nice post, well thought out. Where do you think Rudkin measures up against someone like Herol Graham, another very good perennial contender who...
I think what makes boxing so fascinating is how so much history hangs on a little bit of luck. With that bit of luck Rudkin could be in the top 4...
Only one picture of McGowen cut and very blurry on Google images, I just remember it from a book I used to have from long ago so maybe my mind is...
...in his first title challenge how would his reign have turned out? Would he have won or lost a rematch with Harada or would Harada have gone up...
Good list, here are some books I like: The Black Lights by Thomas Hauser Sugar Ray Leonard and Other Noble Warriors by Sam Toperoff Dark...
There are a few pictures of Henry Cooper after one of the Ali fights that are pretty gruesome, literally a mask of blood. Also Walter McGowan...
You should read the Bukowski book Hollywood where he basically completely takes the **** out of Rourke and director Barbet Schroeder in a thinly...
Great thanks, I will check it out!
Bruce Seldon Bonecrusher Smith Henry Akinwande Tony Tubbs Francesco Damiani John Tate Greg Page Page and Tubbs were talented fighters but...
OK maybe I should have said "respected" fighters? I just meant fighters who were highly rated and then went on to lose fights they would not have...
Ermm I meant "great fighters" not "fights" in the title!....I am thinking of a long losing streak after a great career, due to either fighting too...
So was Lopez a more dedicated fighter? In the Chacon fight he looks like he still has a lot to learn, Chacons right is glued to his face the whole...
Brilliant thanks, exactly what I wanted!
Just watched Chacon vs Lopez, great fight! It is interesting seeing such a disciplined performance from Chacon, he really shows some great...
I just watched Matt Franklin vs Marvin Johnson I...What a war! I don't know a huge amount about the era post Bob Foster but I have heard there...
