Actually, Zale at his peak (before the war) had very good footwork and boxing skills, which are being largely overlooked in this thread. Here's...
That's not true at all. For starters, Graziano was favored to take the title from Zale - that alone confirms that he was, in fact, "seen as a...
Interesting point. People like to speculate about what Page "would've" done if he kept his weight lower, but the fact is, he scored the only...
Nor against Orlin Norris, or his rematch with Mark Wills. Agreed 100%. People like to tout him because he (supposedly) bore some flashing...
Chuvalo was still the division gatekeeper at that time, so George fought (and beat) him instead.
:lol: Bey earned his shot by BEATING Page. :lol:
He was "big"-looking, strong, aggressive fighter with a high workrate, somewhat like Margarito I suppose. His fight with Mustafa was an all-out...
The thing is, Quarry was supposed to be past it or washed up in those fights, and was brought in to be the "opponent" and set those guys up for...
Come on man, you've gotten all you're going to get out of this thread. Let it die, already. :-(
What the hell happened on that date? :huh
Sure he does - he was busy fighting higher rated and more relevant fighters like Bonavena and Quarry instead. He has every bit the excuse that...
None of which Bruno made use of in that fight. Instead, he fought a poor man's version of Terrell's game, which isn't even his normal kind of...
That's a very questionable statement. Valdez never beat anyone on the level of a prime Griffith (Briscoe was the best fighter he beat, and yet he...
On the contrary, he gave probably THE single most vigorous and determined effort of his entire career, but was simply outhustled in an all-out...
Revolver has since returned to the forum with stupid aliases like "Woddy" and Chris-something (that idiot who kept putting other users on...
