If a 200 lbs man was as slow and unskilled as Valuev, could he have even won 1 round against Chagaev?
No heavyweight champion who gets knocked down by a 40 year old middleweight impresses me.
Hearns should have been DQ'd with that holding to be honest
Johnson got stopped by a guy who got a year earlier stopped by a 5'1 lightweight.
Marciano relied on his flexibility. Going heavier would have reduced his flexibility and made him even slower. Bye bye all of his defence
Thomas jabs his head off.
Precisely this. Boxing also didn't get to use PEDs all the way to the late 80s-90s as boxing is always 20-30 years behind. Boxers were the only...
Locche wins in Argentina. Take that as you want to
Mostly wrists. If they aren't strong enough they start flexing when you punch, Timothy Bradley has that issue. You can see him land a good punch...
Ali was just a child screaming insults. Fury would show of his bell, pinch some of his baby fat and tell Ali he'd get beaten by a fattie.
Height and reach isn't size, they merely correlate. There are plenty of welterweights and lightmiddleweights who are as tall as Brewster with...
Fury was 10 pounds heavier than what the German said was on the scale. Wlad wanted to make Fury look smaller, same reason he wore platform shoes...
You don't think Wlad or Lewis would outmuscle the much smaller Liston?
Size can negate a stamina advantage. You don't see flyweights beating middleweights. No stamina in the world can save you when Wlad or Lewis...
So the past was basically a bunch of unathletic Ethiopian marathon runners. And if cardio is The issue, then why do other sports like football...