Lennox Lewis always holding the back of his opponent’s neck with his left hand and then hitting them with the right uppercut. Also had that 3...
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Mavrovic’s chin was titanium
I think it’s up to the ref. It’s a foul that isn’t enforced with any kind of consistency. Most of the time it seems a fighter only really gets...
Some of those right hands that Mavrovic took from Lennox [MEDIA]
I know most boxers get away with their tricks but Norris was just so blatant. He was the king of hitting guys (Walker, SRL, Waters, Curry) when...
Yes. He was getting his ass kicked. Toney dominated from the fourth round on and it was like target practice for him. Holyfield would...
I remember when Larry Merchant said there was “nothing manly” about Byrd’s fighting style when he was facing Ibeabuchi. But I give Byrd credit,...
I wouldn’t say it was necessarily a great rivalry so much as a great matchup, but JM Márquez vs. MA Barrera are both from Mexico City (very...
Bowe doesn’t last as long at the top level. He had notoriously bad discipline when it came to the kitchen, and would get overweight. He was not...
He was the first to come to mind, and I think it was because he was more tense than most great fighters. He did finish strong against Vargas...
I don’t know about the number of wins as an underdog, but the magnitude of the wins: Muhammad Ali was about an 8-1 underdog (depending on what...
Calzaghe was an excellent fighter, but Roy was well, Roy. Since there’s been an 168 lb. division, there’s no one I’d pick over the RJJ of 94-96....
Pretty rare for an elite fighter to not have his share of illegal tactics he gets away with. It’s the exception rather than the norm. There are...
