Ike.
Bowe-Holyfield wars.
@George Crowcroft @mcvey @sweetsci
The second golden era of heavyweight boxing was the 1990s decade (though one which seemed to end with Lewis's retirement in '03). What fights were...
I respect your opinion. For me Poland has the slight edge here because they produced six heavyweight world title challengers (with a possible...
That is very interesting actually! By the way, if we compare the boxing pedigrees of Sweden (three world champs) with Poland (four world champs in...
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Before Lewis got to him, Golota had a pretty solid chin.
Andrzej Golota of Chicago by way of Warsaw.
Interesting, yeah that could play a role (people's religions). Pakistan just recently got a world-class fighter. Waseem Mohammed I believe. Title...
Yeah, not sure about Switzerland. Also: Poland.
Do you believe this is why that country hasn't had a real star since Ingemar Johansson?
Professional boxing was prohibited in many communist nations, esp. in the Eastern Bloc and also Cuba. But where else? Let's list off all of the...
I think Dariusz was an all-time great light heavyweight because he sat atop his division for almost a decade and made 23 defenses. That's second...
In your opinion has Poland ever produced an all-time great, if so, was it Michalczewski, "The Tiger?"
