Banke came through but this fight effectively finished him. He gave everything.
I thought Robinson won both fights against Julian Wheeler in Olympic deciders in 1992 but Wheeler scraped home and made the trip to Barcelona for...
I really liked Eddie Mustafa Muhammad's destruction of Marvin Johnson back in 1980. He found the key to victory with body shots.
Leotis Martin is underrated, for me. He was forced to retire after the biggest win of his career against Sonny Liston in Las Vegas in 1969...
Billy won three ABA titles and boxed in the 1972 Olympics but lacked resilience in the pro ranks and fell apart in a few fights. He later said...
There's no doubt that losing to Foreman didn't do Frazier any good and he struggled in his next fight against Joe Bugner in London. Then came the...
Maynard used to really hurt his opponents in the amateur ranks, particularly to the body. Then he went pro with Ray Leonard and Leonard changed...
I think Frazier's first fight with Ali took a lot out of him. The Foreman defeat was crushing but quick defeats don't really hurt a fighter: it's...
I lean towards Zamora, who won Olympic silver before going pro and looked formidable up to his unification showdown with Zarate, which finished...
