Very possible, seeing as this was the program for the McCall-Holmes fight: [img] :lol:
Because King chose to protect McCall by feeding him an ancient Holmes.
Indeed, I'd say he either quit or "dogged it" in almost every fight he lost - BUT he'd already achieved enough to "transcend" the sport before he...
Not only that, but a champion with a proven great chin as opposed to a proven fragile champion who had already been quickly KO'd once before in...
Exactly.
Holmes didn't end up without the title until he GAVE it up at a WBC conference in Dec. '83, after he'd already fought Frank and Frazier without...
You can speculate that if you want, but your initial question was whether the acclaim Dempsey gets for beating Willard and others could be...
Holmes-Weaver is probably my #1 favorite HW fight of all time, but this fight, and Quarry's next big fight against Norton, are probably tied for...
TREMENDOUS fight - and certainly Frazier's best "post-peak" performance by far. Ironically, Quarry actually fought this fight the way most...
More like because they had far more success and longevity at the world class level, whereas Liston made an absolute disgrace of himself by...
Sanchez-Lopez I is one of my favorite "one-sided" fights, alongside Esparragoza-Cruz. It was very fast paced, and had plenty of action and drama....
Agreed.
Ali was THE biggest fight in history, and Frazier NEEDED the damn fight in order to achieve universal recognition as champion. Plus Ali was still...
I don't think that's "interesting" at all. Tyson earned his "iconic" status by making a series of defenses and decisively beating every other...
