Griffith provided you with many thrills and action when he was a 3 time welter champ, but he became, as a middleweight, a better, more complete...
No, Emile Griffith was the essence of subtlety...boring perhaps for guys who like just the rock-em, sock-em, Gatti type of fighters...the type of...
My question is, who is the oldest surviving ex-world champ today?
Ah, such is the way of all flesh, even with our boxing heroes notwithstanding.
For his audacity in that first Louis fight, Godoy paid the price and was strafed, pounded, and ultimately destroyed in the rematch....Bonavena,...
Joe Calzaghe would have slapped the Mexican around and would have won a clear decision
Magnificent fighter...magnificent champion. R.I.P. Champ!!
Bingo!! Beat me to it Rocky!! I just know that there was a 160 lb mailman or trash collector that could have done it.
A heroic effort by Brown finally ending with a titanic Cuevas uppercut followed by a left hook bomb that nearly takes Brown's head off in round 11...
Explain this please. Where did you get that from?
I've always been a huge fan of the great Tommy Loughran!
I always liked LittleRed..and the fighter too.
I agree with you 100% Bob!
Hopkins was a very good fighter, but Monzon was a great fighter and champion.
Accurate, on the money assessment as usual from you Richard. I agree that the press conference would have left Hopkins grasping for straws and...