Nice. May I say: "Flash" for the sake of flash only came with the Shuffle. What you call inefficiency, I simply call locomotion, which Ali...
38 years ago today, he won the heavyweight championship of the world, as he says it, "fair and square." What a story! By any standard,...
Tyson. Mike Tyson had better skills. George Foreman was just power. Mike Tyson brought the unique combination of top-shelf speed plus...
My top ten heavyweights: 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Jack Johnson 3. Mike Tyson 4. Jack Dempsey 5. Joe Louis 6. George Foreman 7. Joe Frazier...
When Norton was the one with the punch in the match, he could be relentless against the best competition of all time. When facing superior...
The story of Ken Norton.
Dempsey's preoccupation especially seemed to be proper powerpunching technique. In his book, he teaches fascinating --and extremely effective--...
Thanks. The rating speaks strongly of Galento's viability. Interesting criterion of the National Boxing Association: consistency. It would...
Glad to see Jess being seen positively on this thread. He had decent boxing skills, on top of everything else you mention. Smith is described as...
Tony Galento didn't shy from wrestling octopuses and feared no man. So...you've made the case for Louis/Galento II! (I did praise your eye for...
With such an enthusiastic promotor as yourself, my friend, Galento wouldn't need any enemies! Didn't the Buddy affair end in at least quasi...
That's just it. In going 15 tough rounds with Louis, snapping his knockout streak and actually winning in the minds of some, a rematch from the...
True. By the same token, I also simply acknowledged Carpentier's "quality", never "greatness". Your campaign vis-à-vis Carpentier adoration is...
:lol: No doubt Carpentier got mileage out of his looks and resorted to B-movie acting time and again, but if you consider Gunboat Smith good,...
:yikes After a stoppage that saw a lusting Louis with murder in his eyes standing over the vaporized remains of Tony Galento, why, oh why?
