Well, 31 + fights (add about another 5 unrecorded fights in Atlanta and who knows how many in Florida) back then was practically novice material....
I don't know. I wouldn't put him anywhere near the Gods of War, but my criteria smiles on him. He would have to get some high scores for...
Damn. Boilermaker is solid. I hope this retirement is as valid's as most of Ray Leonard's.
While I'm thinking of it -this thread is due for another comeback because the month of his death-date engraved on the headstone is wrong. It says...
I think that would be a good thing. Hopefully, they're on it already. That's a nugget. Kaplan was also half-blind at the time but hid it; still,...
Holmes at least had the symbolic victory over Ali. I'd probably try to find a way to install Wlad if Lennox came back and lost to him! You're...
Definitely. I see Hearns's peak at JMW but he was 26 in that fight and demonic.
Even so, the title of this thread and the thread itself indicate that such a conclusion is not certain. And that's a shame, because it should be...
A fair position. ALTHOUGH... do you accept Thomas Hearns as a lineal welterweight champion? Or Roy Jones as a lineal super middleweight champion?
Sure, but Hagler did good to make it personal. He had to refashion Hearns into a monster who raped his sister or something. The last thing you...
'The majority of the [~3,000 patrons] thought that the worst Cocoa Kid should have gotten was a draw.' -NNPA I'm gonna check on those CT papers...
I just got the pages of Mead's book in the mail. Not much there though it was worth a try. Mead remembered that Cocoa Kid had fought his...
I understand your high standards of proof and the risk of confirmation bias, but this case isn't one to wave off because the clip doesn't stand...
An interesting theory.
Thanks JT. Hearns potential to cut Hagler was there all right -I'd go so far as to say that had Hearns never fought or KOd Duran, he may have...
