Yeah, my original message was sent in error - I updated it.
I obviously missed the H2H bit in the title. I was rating him based on achievement and resume at the weight.
Big ol’ leap from 15/20 to 50. I haven’t tallied up a top 10-15 at 130 but I doubt Loma would crack it. I’d imagine 15-20 he’d be in the...
Scoring an incomplete fight: Louis-Conn 1 I’ve watched the available footage of this historic fight plenty of times and always felt frustrated...
Only just seen this - a couple of days late. Someone who I thought would be around well into his 70s - no obvious wear and tear and not a blood...
Carlos Ortiz is an obvious miss. Gans way too low as everyone has already pointed out. Leonard at number 1 is correct in my view. Duran at 2 is...
Incredible that the Fight of the Century (Frazier-Ali 1 rather than Johnson-Jeffries) lived up to its billing. De La Hoya-Trinidad’s Fight of...
I kept thinking that was Gomez-Pintor but I forgot it was Sanchez-Gomez.
Spinks-Braxton was billed as The Brawl For It All.
Leonard-Duran 3: Uno Mas.
Hearns-Duran: Malice at the Palace.
Lewis-Bruno was billed as The Battle of Britain.
Not an official fight name but Boxing Monthly perfectly captured the impact of Tyson-Bruno 2 in their post-fight cover: ‘Fear and Loathing in Las...
Vinny Pazienza’s fight with Roy Jones Jnr was marketed as ‘The Devil and Mr Jones’.
P4P? No, I wouldn’t have him anywhere near that high, to be honest. Italy’s (no Italian Americans included) greatest ever fighter? Yeah, probably.
