Marvelous Marvin Hagler - An iron chin welded to an iron will , unbreakable spirit , ferocity - an icon of a golden era for fighters from 147...
a broken nose in return for destroying hameds psyche and finishing his career off ? Sure i'd take that trade - Marco did and it worked out well...
he knew he was slipping so he quit at the top of his game - a rarity in boxing, he finished undefeated with his looks and mind intact . I guess...
a face melter you can see the impact shockwave spread across the face and then ripple across the upper torso . scarily awesome.
have you read The four Kings by george Kimball ? best boxing book ive read in a long time .
an exceptionally well thought out and erudite piece - you sir have the wit and sporting literary reparte' of a Norman Mailer or a Paul Gallico ....
I'd have to go with the thrilla in manilla instead of Ali V Foreman Hagler v Hearns Corrales v Castillio Holyfield v Tyson 1 Morales V Barerra 1
They would have struggled to dominate during the 70's - a top tenner like Ernie Shavers would have buried Wlad, as would ken Norton , Vitali...
Estelle Taylor : " what happened Ginsburg " ( her pet name for jack ) Dempsey : " honey I forgot to duck " That brief exchange right after...
Floyd Paterson was as fast as Ali - maybe even faster.
Jack Dempsey for animal ferocity . Gene Tunney said fighting Dempsey was the only time he ever felt like his opponent was actually trying to kill...
Elite level cyclists will easily consume and burn off 7,000 calories a day when in training for a big tour - - but maybe thats the wrong...
As it is Klute we are in an era that is exceptional in the histry of heavyweight boxing in that the two best belt holders on the planet are...
Science has given the world better athletes but not better , more technical boxers - when the old time trainers died off a lot of the pure boxing...
there is a nostalgia wave on ESB but theres also a lot of dismissing of the ATG's on here as well - how often do we see fanboy threads claiming...
