I seem to remember some of his opponents rated him as a really hard puncher in their Best I Faced series with The Ring, but I think Juan’s...
Not particular to Joe as I don’t know his tax circumstances, but one of the big things that has caught many boxers with the IRS is this (in...
There are peculiar circumstances, but my final answer is I don’t think so. The circumstances are that it’s really only possible from 1940-42,...
Boxing is a bit of an odd duck in that people often overlook the bottom end of a fighter’s body of work and accept excuses. I get...
Agree: not impossible that he could have won a title had he gotten a shot when he was campaigning at middleweight in his younger years, but Ezz...
Sad end to what I understand to be a troubled life after boxing with mental health struggles. This is, terribly, a sport where we often outlive...
I was talking about him deserving a junior middleweight title shot in1983. He beat Lindell Holmes in mid-1984 (his first fight that year) and...
Odd that he’d choose to move up in weight when he was sitting on a mandatory where he’d get a shot or at least step-aside money for a bit by some...
Nino grew into a full middleweight. Wilfred hit his downward slide as his body reached 160, whether that was strictly physical as far as being too...
I hope we get another hour or so of prefight concerts and such so we’re all ready.
No attempt on Tyson’s part to make the fight so I don’t think you can push it all off on Bowe. If Mike had fought Lewis earlier you can make the...
He quit … like a dog. Prototypical bully type: When things were going his way, all fine and dandy. When they weren’t, he found a way out rather...
In South Africa, Botha wins because the deck is stacked and even if it’s close they’ll raise his hand. Put it in America with fair judges (Ross...
Can’t say I agree with you on him deserving a title shot at 154 in 1983 — he did hold British, Commonwealth and Euro titles, which is all well and...
Actually, I need to correct myself here. Floyd lost to Ingo by KO3 in June of 1959 (I was thinking that one happened the next year) so he doesn’t...
