i actually quite like that holmes ruined prospects, they're a different kind of opponent, there's a different kind of pressure. a few things,...
yeah would never have been as great with hair :lol: imagine hagler hearns with hagler looking like that photo... he would have been sparked out!
yeah :lol: robinson was the goat in this category too in my opinion. his hair moved during fights, made him seem like even more of a savage! but...
black fighters really liked to straighten their hair back in the day didn't they? robinson, louis, gans etc. looked pretty cool must admit.
i'd really like some confirmation that hagler shaved his head! has anyone else heard this...? not that it's either here nor there.
yeah all great fighters, although they'd all miss my personal top ten. you see them creeping onto some lists, though. tunney would make my top...
agreed, so greb makes it three. then leonard, gans and ross make regular appearances on lists, i would say. the first part of the twentieth...
you still see half of those names regularly in top tens today :yikes
yeah it's a difficult one. i tend to turn a blind eye to it for that very reason.
how do you think this evidence affects holyfield's legacy?
the difference in holyfield's physical appearance between the first and second bowe fights is immense.
lol duce does get a hard time around here. the response he gets resembles the look on a friend's face when you're not wowed by a picture of their...
plenty of great fighters have been on the wrong end of knock outs early in their careers. it's boxing, you're getting punched in the face... henry...
:rofl ali used to refer to himself as 'pretty', as though that's a good thing... men aren't meant to be pretty!
yeah, lots of boxing links but really the phrase has been used for centuries. i guess it's particularly applicable in a boxing context, though.
