The Prince’s unorthodoxy would ultimately be his undoing against such a technically proficient and correct fighter as Arguello. For Hamed to...
At the time, Tyson would have been the favourite to win and I would have picked him to do it. Now, I’m sure that Holy would have beaten him.
Larry Merchant, whatever you think about him, had some great quotable lines which were always well timed. I remember Harold Lederman reading out...
Reg Gutteridge had loads of quotable: On Hearns-Leonard 2: ‘It’s like watching Bambi getting mugged’ On Hagler for the Hagler-Hearns fight:...
It should have been called ‘Buncey’s Bish Bash Bosh Book of British Boxing’.
I wouldn’t have a problem with Ceferino Garcia not being included if the criteria that Doug Fischer was applying to him applied equally to others...
You come up with some interesting matchups, Wlad. Would have enjoyed seeing this one had it happened and I’m undecided on the outcome. While I’m...
Valdez was fundamentally better so he’d win but it would be fun while it lasted.
Wow - fun fight! Mando was talented but liked to slug it out and could cut. I think that’s a bad combination of impulses and weaknesses against a...
This.
X, I think there’s always going to be a tendency to slightly overrate a fighter like Mancini because he was a marketable fighter with an exciting...
Mancini takes this in every sense. Greater and better.
Yep, I’ve never seen a head attack a pair of fists the way Paz did against Roy.
They met twice as amateurs when representing the Soviet Union, first in January 1988 when Nazarov won a split decision and a year later when Tszyu...
Thanks D - not sure mine’ll be an improvement on yours (or much different) but I’ll give it a go and come back to the ones I’m still deciding on....
