Ray picked his matches, though not out of fear. He and his management fought the biggest names for the most money and the most prestige, period....
Did the initial poster ever hear of Ali, Tyson, Dokes, Louis, and Patterson? Greg Page? They were all faster than Holmes. So Patterson and Tyson...
Also Michael Spinks. He beat the tar out of a lot of guys inside, notably Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (not such a bad beating) and Ramon Ranquello (a...
Larry Holmes. He dropped Mike Weaver while fighting out of a corner, years later as an old man he beat Ray Mercer inside. Holmes stood 6'-4" or...
Foreman squashes him in 2 rds. Lennox at his best got KO'd twice, and let's not forget who the bums were who did it. Prime Foreman was awesome,...
I agree. It's shocking that somebody here "looked up" Doug Jones's record and concluded from that he'd beat Liston.
Good post. I agree with every word. Joe WAS favored substantially and the 6-kd beating he took was the worst ever taken by a heavyweight...
I agree. Not at 175 does Jones beat Michael Spinks. NOBODY ever did, and Jones wasn't that good. He gave a young Clay a rough go at...
How true all of this is!
Exactly. Please someone show me any published source with Ali-Foreman being listed as "A" great moment in sports history AT ALL. Ali-Frazier...
Thanks, Fists of Fury. Yours, too. Gomez was in his prime when he met Sanchez, true. But besides Salvador being a great fighter, it was,...
Exactly. Pipino Cuevas was a good guy, a young champ with great power who was good for the sport, but he beat the Harold Westons of the world...
Gomez could literally do it all. A simply great fighter. Tremendous power, won virtually every fight by KO until his own first loss to Salvador...
George Chuvalo Tyson Foreman Ali Frazier Cuevas
Agree with every word. Curry was awesome, and technically brilliant, but only for a few years. All due respect to Honeyghan, who beat Donald...
