Moorer had shoulder surgery shortly before the bout and Freddy Roach mentioned that he felt it affected his training as he did not have enough...
Surprisingly, former Featherweight champ, Jorge Paez. A former acrobat in his family's circus, he could walk on his hands and stand on his head...
Body type. It's hard to stick and move if you're built like Mike Tyson. Generally you box in the style that your body dictates. If you're tall and...
Add Willie de Witt to Ranked And Never Got A Title Shot. Beat Henry Tillman in his last pro fight (avenging Olympic Final defeat) and retired 20-1...
Well, Roberto Duran turned pro at bantamweight, knocked out a future featherweight champ at featherweight (Ernesto Marcel), weighed 130 in his...
Duran turned pro at bantamweight and could've been a junior lightweight champ (he weighed 130 for his first title fight against WBA Lightweight...
I'm glad someone noted this. Donny always gave credit to MJ for sparring with him and helping him when he was a pretty green pro. When Donny...
Freddie Pendleton, Dennis Andries, Clifford Etienne, Cliff Couser (with Kevin Rooney :-)). Olympic Silver Medalist Shawn O'Sullivan had a...
Jesus Christ.
Legitimate Fighters prove themselves in legitimate competition against fellow legitimate fighters. Don't fall for the myths and nonsense. Bruce...
How about a vote for Donny Lalonde and Teddy Atlas? According to Atlas' own words (his book) he went to Lalonde's apartment with a gun to shoot...
Bobby Czyz winning the WBA Cruiserweight title from Robert Daniels surprised me at the time. This was following two tough stoppage losses to...
Stewart was an exceptional amateur and considered by the family as the best boxer out of all of them. A true boxing tragedy.
1982 Jimmy Gradson TKO10 Edie Melo - Pier 6 brawl at the CNE Coliseum. Both guys hated each other* 1985 Wille Edwards TKO9 Donny Lalonde NABF...
Razor did have some good trainers (Floyd Patterson etc) but he was stubborn. As soon as he abandoned the box and move style in favour of standing...
