I do believe the 15-round distance makes a difference. And your words say it well. Sugar Ray Leonard would not have knocked out Thomas...
According to Webster's, SHOT means "reduced to a ruined or useless state". Undisputed middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler was NOT SHOT...
I believe this is true. Some years ago I showed an ex-girlfriend proficient in judo Ali's KO of Foreman. The first thing she said was, "Boxers...
Benitez and Hearns will do for me. First, Money is 36. And he retired for 21 months. Leonard beat Hagler--the undisputed champion--after a...
May I say: Hearns did not gas; he was a tremendous fighter that night, broken down by Leonard over 14 rounds. Recently, this forum was...
No, but when Marvelous choked, Ray made it 4 for 4! :D
When you dethrone a young, quality champion like Wilfredo Benitez, a high-flying, pound-for pound all-time great champion like Roberto Durán, an...
The answer is no. From Minter to Mugabi, Marvelous took care of all middleweight comers over 7 years. He was physically gifted and tremendously...
Head-to-head, Joe Frazier is solidly in my 6-10 greatest heavyweight champions. He is a clear underdog against only a very few unique punchers...
Tyson Frazier Marciano Holmes Louis Dempsey Johnson Holyfield Norton Lewis
Elementary boxing history is that bulking up, muscle, weight-training were discouraged--keeping weight down, roadwork, gym work the norm--until...
Cruiserweight Evander Holyfield became an all-time great 5-time heavyweight champion. Doesn't happen without PEDs. Tommy Morrison picked up...
Inaccurate, buddy. Up to the night Tyson dismantled Berbick, PEDs in boxing were the province of "Rocky" movies. Yet, who was the next great...
As a product of the PED-era, he has an unfair advantage over all prior top ATGs, save Holyfield. Even so, Ali beats him; Tyson beats him; Holmes...
Thanks. While I disagree with your very first comment--there is only ONE iconic, defining '70s heavyweight, and it certainly wasn't Kenny--your...
