I've seen that fight. There weren't any knockdowns.
175lbs and above, Langford picks a spot for Toney to roll to.
Assuming Finnegan doesn't get cut (not a given), I think he wins as he's the better boxer and a southpaw as well, and is tough enough to take...
And Battling Jim Johnson.
Qawi (nobody managed to shut down Qawi like Spinks did, imo), Johnson (if I recall Spinks lost the first three rounds, then he threw that...
Chuvalo was stopped in a few rounds by the best two punchers he faced. He was also out-boxed by Pete Rademacher and Box Cleroux, amongst many...
You have to embrace your opponent at the end of the fight, even if you've been beating the living **** out of each other for the past 12 rounds.
Here are Liston and Williams' common opponents and their results against them. I've left out Ali. Roger Rischer - Liston KO 3 / Williams KO 3...
Vitali and it wouldn't be close IMO. Toney's skill and toughness might see him make it to the final bell.
He also managed to starch a young George Godfrey a couple of times late in his career. Even with one bad eye and diminishing sight in the other,...
Buchanan was offered a rematch in Panama but essentially priced himself out, asking for more money than he was ever likely to get as challenger.
You said you can't imagine why he would say otherwise. Well, others in his position did say otherwise. The man himself stated repeatedly it wasn't...
- Patterson - Machen (him and Folley were close, I just think Machen was trickier) - Folley - Williams - Bethea (a guy who went the distance with...
Numerous boxers through the years have been happy to say otherwise. Jack Johnson told anyone who would listen that his loss to Jess Willard was a fix.
It'd probably be impossible to get a definitive answer as the weights for a lot of his fights are not known. From 1905, when he first fought a...
