The gorilla cookies!!! :rofl We kids loved this wisecrack from the "old Heathen"! I also am enjoying this thread, 'cause Liston --no angel for...
Hearns I. We saw everything that made Leonard a truly all-time great. In boxing's biggest fight, he came from behind TWICE, displaying not...
Foxx, the funniest man who ever wore suspenders! After an unknown Larry Holmes TKO'd Foxx's boy, Young Sanford, Foxx came over and saw Larry...
Yeah.
I don't believe Holmes refers mainly to records, but ability. The primary mistake I think Holmes makes when envisioning himself "tearing up...
Sure, but those things are part of life. An injustice, sure, but perfectly comparable to what so many humble Joes go through in anonymity, just...
I'll play Devil's advocate: Future generations may look back on us, Ali's generation, and promptly flunk us. Muhammad Ali, the greatest...
The only thing I have never agreed with is the notion that poor Ali was stripped of his livelihood and therefore a candidate for pity and...
If you are toying with the idea that Joe Frazier feared Foreman, you can throw the idea in the trash can. I like an idea I read here once about...
As Janitor has said, Mike Tyson at his best was the last of the old-school champions (and he would still romp in this steroid era, by the way)....
Ditto.
How can a fighter be in any better shape than when he is running up to the title? The Berbick stoppage is my pick. 1986 was a busy...
Thank you, Rocky! Your efforts are a treasure and delight!
In 1986, he was older than the heavyweight champion of the world, whom he had sparred with, yet decided to remain an ancient amateur. With...
Ali's skills went beyond what has been discussed thus far. No Ali, no Larry Holmes. Larry started late in boxing, but caught up thanks to...
