Liston wanted all the money for the Quarry fight, with Jerry getting peanuts. Old man Quarry saw there was no money there. You know, boxing is a...
I'm guessing yes as Frazier won the Olympics in 64, turn pro shortly after and Liston was still fighting in 1969.
When I think of Atlas as a trainer, I look back at how he was able to drain last drop of self confidence out of Michael Grant. Grant was never...
Fighters like Campas are a credit to the sport of boxing and are vastly under appreciated. I wouldn't say he had a padded record, he just stayed...
As to the mileage thing, I'd sayTua got more out of his Ruiz KO, and to a lesser extent Rahman with his Lewis KO.
That is actually an insult to Cooney. Cooney had solid boxing background, Grant never did. Grant looked the part of what a heavyweight fighter...
No, he was not an all time great, all time great don't lose decisions to Sam Peter, yes he gets in the HOF, as his trashing talking made him...
Byrd decisions Lyle. Byrd beast Lyle the same Jimmy Young beat Lyle twice.
Leonard was not champ yet, but the writing was on the wall. SRL was ABC's media darling with the Olympic gold medal. The public and the media...
Agree, as you wrote pretty much what I was going to post. Bobick seemingly regressed as a pro, as turned just a plodder. As an amateur we...
Quarry was completely shot by 1975. He was in horrible shape for the Norton, taking the fight on 2 weeks notice. Quarry looked terrible in his...
Yes he did. At least in that fight he went out of his shield. Worse thing I remember about TOS was his total lack of effort in his title shot vs...
I agree that Bowe was pretty much a cheap shot artist. And he got away with it up till the 2nd Holyfield fight. Emanuel Stewart had Holyfield...
Are any of the young guys and their management seeking out fights with these guys? Will they fight these guys for a reasonable payday?
I thought in the fight Norton actually looked. He gave a great effort, but to, he looked like he was on the downside of his career.......which...
