Agreed. Tucker never lived up to his true potential.
It's so easy to label Spinks as "awful" for Tyson, but there are many variables to consider. Spinks did not like or enjoy his chosen profession....
The Tyson camp was historically keen to the value of defeating Spinks despite no alphabet title. They knew he was the linear champ, and having...
Your scenario might very well serve as the template for David Haye should he ever win a title. In fact, I believe Haye would play FAR more games...
This is my guess as well.
Yeah, Holmes would have been up for it, probably around 248. Foreman, not so much into it. He never really was.
It would have been a boring affair, I'm sure. I've always held it would have been a paced, tactical battle of left jabs and it would have come...
You may well be right. The Obelmejias rematch and particularly the Sibson fight demonstrated a 100% Hagler.
Undeniably, back in the day, "Ears" was one of my favorite fighters. His lack of conventional fundamentals, combined with his God-given...
Thank you for the props. One need only watch Hagler from Minter through Scypion to know that he was a precision counter puncher that switched...
Valdez too slick, too cagey.
I would have liked his chances against Weaver but not so sure about Tate circa that late period.
Agreeing with you on Hagler's "close" win over Duran. I felt Marvin was comfortably winning whereas the expectation was the he would emphatically...
I tend to agree with you. Fleet-footed technicians bothered an aging Hagler FAR MORE than a Mugabi did. That is much why Hagler went right at...
I recall reading an interview with Manny Steward some years back. In it he stated that the young, brash arrogant Duran, circa the period 1980/81,...