Before that fight, the newspapers were calling it: "Bummy vs. Thumby"
I see Liston ending up with the best record. Ali, second.
Demonstrating it in person is better, but here goes. The uppercut is best used in close. That variation is short and comes up from a crouch to...
I seem to remember Seldon himself admitting at some point that he felt the power and decided "forget this!"
Even if this is tongue in cheek, it's well-put. Two cents worth: Some posters [ahem] were wringing their hands over the use of the word...
Agreed. I'd add in Oakland Billy Smith. He had some hilarious incidents and his justifications were even better. [Shameless plug...] Details...
Great work, Hookie.
Right on. If Tyson had better stamina, say at the level of Frazier, I'd pick him over any version of Ali. Cus built Tyson to defeat taller,...
The first line of "In the Madhouse" is this: The uneven borders of Holyoke, Massachusetts appear on a map as a near-perfect fist with the middle...
Yah welcome.
I have this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56fBd7nfmUY on a dvd, only its better quality, slowed down to just about real speed and colored in...
I wish there was footage too, brother .... then I wouldn't have to research 135 newspaper articles, cross-check them, separate out the eyewitness...
Marshall did have a suspect chin but like you say that won't be much of a factor here. I don't see Conn as all that much faster than Marshall, at...
Part 5: In the Madhouse A "madhouse" is American slang for a particularly rough prison, so you can probably guess what set of fighters this one...
22 days is plenty of time to think about it. I watched footage of both (including Conn-Bettina on youtube, complements of McGrainBoxing which...