Leonard did not fight his fight in Montreal. I'm a huge Duran proponent but the way to beat a boxer puncher like Duran was to box him and Leonard...
I see Joe boxing wonderfully but then getting caught. Holy TKO 10.
I'm a big Duran fan. Watched all his bouts from 1970 onward live. Despised Leonard during his career but since recognize his greatness as a...
It's not my argument in actuality. It's a scenario that has played out forever in boxing and all of sport. Young uneducated men do not keep lots...
Boxer vs boxer usually produces a lousy hwt fight.
In general a good matchmaker would avoid putting a boxer in the ring with another boxer. Ali's skills were best shown vs punchers as would most...
Holmes fought Shavers in his prime as a fighter. Ali fought Shavers on his last leg. Holmes fought L Spinks as a prime hwt champion. Ali...
Not really. Boxing history is full of great champions who blew fortunes. Most young men given a hefty sum would blow it to just have fun. They...
You must calculate the present value of a sum paid nearly 100 years ago in order to understand the true amount in today's dollars. Dempsey paid...
Firpos claim to fame was a devestating clubbing right hand he tended to throw in a downward motion. He did not have much of a left hand.
Once again read what I wrote. No doubt Sharkey was in agony over legit body blows but if you watch the film and walk away thinking they hit...
State rules modify the Queensbury rules.
It's been proven time and time again Dempsey had no loaded gloves for his bout with Willard. We have eye witness accounts of the hand taping, we...
....was edited out from the film.
The one curious edit is from the right hand landed by Firpo seconds into the bout that nearly floors Dempsey. It appears that a few seconds that...
