I think you are thinking of Ray “Windmill” White. He had a double uppercut in his arsenal that he used regularly among many other bizarre trick...
So your argument is that because Gibbons weighed in consistently in the mid 150s that he wasnt weakened by contractually being forced to make 147...
No matter how hard you try you will not change the fact that this bout was contracted at an official weight of 147 and that the announced weights...
You dont think it gives a fighter a huge advantage to have his managers brother refereeing his fights? That wouldnt even be allowed today....
Correct. You dont score a professional boxing match like a modern amateur bout. You sure as hell didnt back then. A guy can pity pat all day long...
I thought Patterson won it clearly. He fought his fight, landed the harder punches, was the better ring general, he was just better period. The...
We talk about a hometown advantage today and yet NOBODY has the kind of home field advantages Darcy had back then. You dont think made a...
Would the fight be held in Darcy's backyard in the stadium owned by his promoter with the referee being Darcy's managers brother and a special...
Between Firpo and Tunney? Wills was already one of the top contenders when Dempsey won the title in 1919. So much so that immediately after...
No. Miske spent most of his career at MW and LHW, he wasnt a big HW. Levinsky likewise was a natural LHW. Gibbons got his title shot by losing his...
I would argue he maxed out his potential WITH substance abuse.
Take away Holyfields roids and everything he accomplished on them and the answer is a complete no brainer.
Thats Dave Smith.
He was a sad story. He was basically an opponent level fighter who suffered terrible punishment in the ring. By the end of his career he had...
There is a longer version but its not complete. It runs about 30 minutes and has rounds: 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15.
