Imagine a lightweight-version Floyd Mayweather going six rounds against tough welterweight Dave Holly for a newspaper win, then hopping on a...
In terms of raising an anonymous actor to silver-screen immortality, Balboa's loss to Apollo Creed! Upon seeing the thread title, I immediately...
a) If knocking out 25 men in the first round --Dempsey's still standing record-- were nothing, it would have been eclipsed after 90 years I say....
Extraordinary! Like a peek into the time tunnel. At 42, I am old enough to remember how highly regarded these fighters were, and no amount of...
Very true. And pretty sad. :| And since the heyday of giant-killer Sam Langford and Dempsey's destruction of tough Jess Willard, it is an...
a) Dempsey's reign is crappy. Its saving grace is we are able to see some of the blazing qualities that made him a legend. Dempsey should have...
I was a teenage pastor...
From Monte Cox: "...Dempsey has one of the best knockout records in history with an unparalleled winning streak of 32-0 with 28 knockouts,...
Dempsey, along with Joe Frazier and the Hit Man, is the guy that, to me, most exudes "fighter". And he was one of the very greatest I have ever...
Full fight has been on Youtube for a while!
Fine. I guess listing your top ten champions may differ somewhat from pinning down your top ten fighters, champions or not, which personally...
I recall reading in an old Boxing Illustrated how some bloke wrote in to challenge the logical conclusion from Wepner's statement. Foreman was...
A couple of points on the few preceding pages: * If H2H is basically BS, then undefeated Rocky Marciano is the greatest heavyweight of all...
I think Vito is saying "...and he knocked down Joe Frazier..." Either way, I don't take it very seriously.
Heart and sportsmanship.
