Duran went down again, more clearly, about 25 seconds after the time shown in that highlight video. The referee waved it off as no knockdown,...
Alexander Petkovic? Often described as Bosnian despite being based in Germany.
Considering his long, hard, and ultimately disappointing career, Harry Wills had a pretty healthy and prosperous retirement.
Billy Conn just about scraped under the lightweight limit for his debut. I guess this is going to be all fighters who started very young.
Because these ratings are compiled by people who understand that gauging a fighter's ability involves more than just counting the red and green...
Yes, they were - Cooper was ranked 4th and Chuvalo 6th. Miteff's performance in dropping a split decision to Chuvalo in his hometown of Toronto...
Criticise Miteff all you like. It doesn't change the fact that you were wrong to claim that Williams only got a rating by beating Billy Daniels....
Wrong. He battered and stopped 7th ranked Alex Miteff to get a rating and didn't fight Daniels till two years later.
I think this is my personal favourite: [MEDIA]
I remember Cooper said in his autobiography that they were genuinely scared Erskine might be dead - they thought he'd broken his back on the ropes.
Yes, he apparently did well enough that the bout was used as evidence that Frazier could still take a punch....
Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but there was a story in 1934 that when Dempsey got rough with one of the wrestlers in a bout he was...
Eddie Futch said afterwards he thought it was in the third or fourth round....
Conteh walked out on his defence against Cuello just 3 days before the fight. Jesse Burnett was rushed in to take his place, fighting Cuello for...
According to the Associated Press, Monzon was up on the official cards by margins of 5, 4 and 3 rounds, which presumably means scores of 5-0-1,...
