Wow, all I've got to say is Sumbu gets massively overated by you guys. A tricky customer, no doubt, but beating some of the names mentioned...
Hilton was a heavy handed clubber. Sibson was the sharper puncher and better boxer. Sibbo by 10 UD. Siiiiiibbbboooooo!!
As has been said before, one JJ Guerra, no matter who you think won the fight. I mean, what a c*nt.
Boxing is a much worse place without Hugh McIvanney around to analyze the madness of boxing and clarify it for us mere mortals. He saw beyond...
If there hadn't been an advantage to the timing of Leonard coming back, he wouldn't have come back. Do you think Leonard came back to fight...
Leonard, although a good defensive fighter, could be hit and did get hit. He was hit plenty by an old Hagler who was throwing punches like he was...
I wouldn't rule out a KO, but Leonard has a fighting heart and great survival instincts.
Still a wonderful fight and the first 6-8 rounds would be just awesome as these two greats trade skills. The intensity of Hagler would get to the...
Sorry if it's already been mentioned (this is a pretty long thread), but Kevin Howard knocking down Sugar Ray Leonard. If anyone deserved to get...
Yep, the fight with Jimmy Mac was before the end of apartheid and Mitchell definitely suffered due to his country's politics. I actually was...
Great post! I was actually at the McDonnell fight all those years ago. Mitchell was a real technician and an excellent counterpuncher. Beat Jim...
Exactly ! I don't think Hagler wants to brawl with the Bull. Safety first boxing was actually Hagler's natural state, and it would serve him...
I just watched it again on YouTube while trying to avoid doing more important, but less interesting, chores: 1 Leonard 2 Leonard 3 Leonard * 4...
I see Benn outspeeding and outsmarting SRR en route to an early rounds KO. Obviously.
Hearns KO, but he'd better do it early.
