I never said the guy was pure horse ****, and I did recognize the fact the he used to have boxing ability (Holmes/Ruddock sparring vid). His later...
Style?!??!?! Throwing punches (and whiffing or glancing) till you land one isn't stylish by a long shot. It's foolish. Shameful to the science of...
"Bad" Bennie Briscoe, a tough Philly middleweight. That's off the top of my head...
I've been seeing this guy's name thrown around like he actually has a claim to something. Theoretical matches, rankings, myth, etc, etc. Here's...
Watching him fight, for a second I thought he was potentially the next JCC...but then I let reality sink in. The kid did get shocked early in the...
Yeah, and cigarette ashtrays used to be in hospitals. Things change, and from the perceived "golden days" of boxing the sport has evolved (for...
Julio Cesar Chavez. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading Emmanuel Steward saying he was astonished to see how "do-it-yourself" Chavez was.
Okay, you have an opinion that's been expressed indirectly. Care to elaborate?
I think he's a world class boxer that has yet to face a real challenge. I'd love to see someone challenge him because every fight he's had...
So does Mailer. I like what he has to say, but sometimes Mailer was blinded by Ali being Ali.
You say the subject has been done to death, I say we're getting the true story as time passes. It's funny how much myth Ali could spread about...
I'm bumping this, could anybody give me a comparison or a breakdown of this guy's style? Anything? Saying, "I wasn't impressed" is hardly a...
Tell your friend to go back and do his homework. When I saw that last sentence ,"Ali never learned the fundamentals of boxing" I almost spit my...
It's a good quote, but I bet you Archie Moore taught him that.
Frazier looks horrible against a gateway opponent. Granted, he throws his legendary left a few times, but it doesn't land with the same authority....