Even in the rematch where he actually bothered to come in shape, he barely won a close decision over Ferguson.
When he was 38, yeah. Lennox was also behind the cards against frank Bruno before his power bailed him out. He underperformed more often than...
Considering mercer went life and death with someone like Jess Ferguson, I wouldn’t say he’s similar in quality to Ron Lyle.
They were the first ones to do it, so for a few years at least, they WERE the only ones doing it. We know for a fact Soviet doping was straight up...
Infighters were historically poison to soviet boxers in the amateurs. The pros back then were absolutely crawling with inside fighters, so they...
He was still ranked in the top 10 in 1966. Fact of the matter is Oscar is more dangerous than anyone tyson fought in his first 12 fights.
"George did not know it, but while I may have been standing, I was out cold. He could have pushed me over with his little finger. How I survived...
He was top 3 just the year prior.
Wrong again. Oscar was coming off a win over George chuvalo. Frazier was 11-0 with no notable wins.
The fight was in 1966.
What makes you think that? Because I pointed out that judging a fighter based on his 12th match against a top contender is unreasonable?
What about him? We’re comparing Frazier and tyson here, not foreman. and? That’s irrelevant. Who was tyson fighting in his first 20 matches who...
Yeah, because he was fighting buster Douglas. He still got hit just as often as Frazier did, if not more so. And Frazier wasn’t at his best...
Yes, but he had more success defending against Ali than all his other opponents.
Bout as well as it did against buster douglas for Tyson.
