I remember Holmes fighting Roy Williams who was 6'5" 235-240 lbs and did just fine. Ali had no real problems with Joe Bugner who was taller and...
I admit that Young was somewhat boring but I still feel he won the Ali/Norton fights. Not by a landslide of course but by close decisions anyway....
Videos such as this one should put to rest the notion that scientific boxing didn't come around until the 60's. The old timers knew how to fight!
Great clip. These guys were in shape. I wish boxing would go back to the size gloves used back then instead of the pillows that come almost down...
When you look at the fantastic photos posted by Ovids Exile of the old time fighters, it's obvious they knew a thing or two about getting in...
Burt every time you post I go green with envy. To have seen the old timers in person and in the ring...Oh well...keep posting!
Wait a minute...How did an old timer like Moore get in such great shape without modern nutrition/training methods/advanced supplementation...
My problem with picking Marciano over the heavyweights that came after him (and I'm talking about the good hw's) is this....How does Rocky even...
That version of Douglas wouldn't have been toyed with by anyone. Mind you I'm not implying that he would've beaten all the other greats...not by a...
Put Frazier or Marciano's heart in Douglas' body and you just might have the perfect heavyweight. That version of Buster could have (not would...
I was somewhat indecisive on this one...but reading Burt's post tilted me in Dempsey's favor. If a leaden legged Dempsey can take everything that...
If you mean fighters who could beat Marciano at 190 then I'd have to say Dempsey and Tunney certainly have a good chance. Dempsey could catch him...
Gotta go with Liston and I'm a big Quarry fan but I think of Jerry's 2 fights with Patterson and then Liston's 2 fights with Patterson and I see...
Like Angelo Dundee said about the 1st fight "Ray got all macho in there and thought he could beat the little mother at his own game"..... And...
Spinks wouldn't have ventured into that group of heavyweights for one thing. And if he did he would've hightailed it back to light heavy in the...
