Do you know what?! I think you are on something there! Do you know what else? They try to ignore that Rocky faced battle tested, seasoned HOF...
If the time period claimed is correct Norton may have been mimicking Jimmy Ellis.
Really sorry to hear that, I remember when he was a California champion and a prospect to watch! Wow He was matched pretty heavy from the...
Tough to read but thanks for sharing it,
Awesome story nonetheless!
Awesome story! How did Marvis fare against Bert?
Lets not bury the lead! What happened?
Pretty simple, in terms of being overrated who is the most least-wise; Who is the most least underrated?
Joe was going to rewrite/improvise the ending.
Oscar Bonavena was definitely interesting and worthy of a thread.Without really digging in he appears to have been tough as nails put on the other...
Here is the quote from Sylvester Stallone: “He wanted the part very badly and believe me, I wanted him to get it too. Smokin’ Joe Frazier...
I assume everyone has already heard the story that Sylvester Stallone was trying to cast Joe Frazier in clubber Lang role in Rocky III. So...
I think it would be much less of a struggle for 1971 Joe Frazier . Keep in mind that the Norton fight was in 1977 after the third fight with Ali ....
Good point Mark! Also obviously since The Ring is under new ownership the ratings dependability may have suffered. What do you think Ronny?
Mark I think you have conflated a few things here. Philly Shel was a bookie who owned a piece of Chuck Wepner, Detroit Shell is a colloquial term...
