Along this same line, I think of Joey Maxim's inside game. Not a great punisher, but as you describe Angott, a spoiler of other fighters' inside game.
So what source does the author cite to back up his implication about Red Smith?
Thanks, Seamus. Those were the eras (1915-1970) that held my interest for all my life. I threw everything I knew into those books. I'm no...
I think what he did on the way up and in his early championship years was very, very impressive -- Pinklon, Tucker, Smith, Biggs, Holmes, Tubbs,...
I think the surprise factor of Ingo being an unknown quantity to both Machen and Patterson played a large part in Ingo's success against each of...
Eddie Cotton v. Jose Torres Jock Malone v. Maxie Rosenbloom Randy Sandy v. Emile Griffith
I don't know if Robinson ever took a really hard punch, so maybe we'll never know if he could take it. As far as I know, nobody ever hit him...
Now there's so many former champs that in some cases the introductions would take as long as the average fight.
And for Denny Moyer-Giambra in Portland, OR, though he didn't have a say in scoring the bout.
Archie Moore-Bivins, Moore-Jack Chase (6), Moore-Harold Johnson, Moore-Howard King (6), Charles-Maxim. If you include four or more the list could...
Man, you're a tough case!
Nino got within a whisker of a title shot, Moore's whiskers that is!
I regard his greatness fully established during his "first career." I believe he was a better fighter then than when he returned. His "second...
Great article!
Freddie Dawson started out in Chicago and spent most of the latter part of his career in Australia where he was immensely popular. Eddie Cotton...
