Boston Tom McMustache. /thread
Neither Larry Holmes nor Ken Norton looked good against Zanon either. Lorenzo was a guy who looked like a bartender at some. Fancy upscale hotel...
This one was on either Tuesday Night Fights on ESPN’s Top Rank Boxing (or whatever it might have been called at the time). I think I found it one...
How many has Tyson had written about him? Quick check on google shows about 15 each on Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis, although there may be more...
Frampton had one mega-hit live album but Manilow’s body of work is much deeper. Barry’s not really my cup of tea, but he wrote the songs that...
Mike fought often in those days to keep him out of trouble as much as everything and they were in a race to try to make him the youngest champ...
Pretty sure everything you mentioned there in the ‘truly special’ part was PPV/Closed Circuit except for Mancini-Chacon. Those fights didn’t show...
Honestly, I would take Tuesday Night Fights on USA Network over HBO. Not that it had the same ‘big-event’ feel or production values, but it...
The friendship that grew between Holmes and Cooney out of that dark chapter is indeed one of boxing’s best stories of my lifetime. In later years...
He’s the heavyweight champion of the world. And for quite some time, they drag in Cooney ever chance they get or bring him up. Larry just beat...
While he didn’t excel at anything, he likewise seemed to have no weaknesses to exploit. Like if I was scouting him for someone who was going to...
I don’t doubt that Mitch had done angel dust before (and after) but if Harlem is the ‘known angel dust spot in NYC’ it’s a stretch to say ‘that...
What about Barry Manilow vs Peter Frampton?
Joe was one of a kind, collecting belts and nationalities across decades. He turned pro at 17 after a short amateur career and lost his debut but...
Who are your top five?
