He was very cool under pressure. He knew when to bluff and didn't wilt or go to pieces even when in real trouble, like the 11th round with Frazier...
It puts me off him a bit for sure. Great fighter with tremendous heart and all round ability, but highly dubious like Vlad.
Still pretty incredible, though. Imagine that happening today?
It reminds me of Marciano's right against Walcott or Louis's versus Braddock. Such venom; how Liston survived it is beyond me.
Fair enough. I'm just saying that they are basically the same body type, and both are power houses.
Really? One is an obvious joke picture, the other is a pose designed to show off Tua's muscles. Both are stocky, chunky guys. One had the...
With all that he couldn't floor the best heavyweight of his era, yet Galento did.
Very much so. He looked like a Marvel superhero.
And sometimes guys like Galento are harder to fight than more orthodox boxers. Look at the trouble Ali had with Bonavena or Hagler getting nailed...
Did he invent the hack squat in bodybuilding?
Flash knockdown my ****! Ali didn't know where he was after Cooper's left hook.
Like who?
"Petrified small cruiser" managed to go quite a few rounds with Ali, and in one fight he was injured. The Williams fight is lauded as Ali's best...
Fair enough!
Do you see genuine greatness in him? Poster boy for over achievement sounds a tad harsh! I would say someone like Vito Antuofermo fits that...
