I can't believe Bute wants a rematch after getting the **** beat out of him like that. Lucian sure got exposed. I wasn't quite sold on him and now...
Punches landed. Where did they land? On hte gloves? On the shoulders? Those are not scoring punches. Its who landed more scoring punches who wins.
Jeffries did give Johnson a tip of the hat when he said in an interview after the fight he didn't know if he ever could have beat Johnson.
After the fight, Robinson was bed ridden for days. He couldn't keep any solid food down for days. Heat exhaustion really took a toll on his body.
Sam Langford said he was willing to fight any man except Jeffries. Should give you an indication that Jeffries was a monster. Jeffries said...
Wasn't Montiel considered THE champion at BW when Donaire fought him? Many boxing experts were picking Montiel to win. Not exactly a safe fight.
Paret lapsed into a coma and died after being knocked out by Emile Griffith. However, many believed it was due to an acumulation of damage as...
A forgotten ATG. Many of his fights have been lost to history, but he had a great resume we know about. Corbett, Fitz, and others. jack Johnson...
johnson had to overcome a lot more than Dempsey did just to get a title shot. Being black was a major handicap because the unwritten rule said the...
Dempsey was willing to fight Harry Wills but the racial politics of boxing at the time intervened. And he fought several blacks on his way up....
I Pac was using roids he should have been caught by now. he takes the same dope tests as any other fighter.
How is Olympic testing different from what is currently used in boxing? Are current testing methods not up to date in boxing?
Tunney had only six fewer knockouts than Dempsey, and Tunney was a boxer, not a slugger like Dempsey who youd expect to ko people. Obviously...
They were different types of fighters. Johnson was a master boxer, Dempsey was a slugger. Personally i think Johnson would beat Dempsey.
Is Mares any better than Montiel?