Oh yeah. He probably shouldn't have lost to Larry Holmes. He definitely shouldn't have lost to Jesse Ferguson, especially when a big money title...
I'm probably making a mistake by not reading the whole thread here; just the heading and first post. Patterson got, and still gets, a lot of...
Haven't seen it since it happened, but I recall thinking at the time that Witherspoon won a close bout. I think Mercer sort of got a sympathy...
McBride was considered a gimme opponent for Tyson. Tyson said it best himself before the bout when he told McBride, "I'm going to gut you like a...
Yes! Agreed! I'm seeing some surprising picks here, like people are combing over records and picking out the famous names. I'd have to do the same...
Yep, I have a bias against the WBC and all the organizations at the present time. I've collected a lot of heavyweight ratings over the past 15...
Both Pastrano and Cooper were ranked ahead of him, and apparently both that London lost were close fights. Sometimes in boxing, when a fighter...
I definitely don't know enough about the era to vote on Gunboat Smith, but Chuvalo I can do. I compiled this based on where Chuvalo's opponents...
Patterson title defenses, with opponent rankings at the time of the fight. Note that the Ring rankings are from the monthly issues, not from the...
As how the fight goes, I think you nailed it. But I think Tate was brought up pretty well. Prior to 1979 he fought undefeated Walter Santemore,...
Tate's management gets a lot of flack. But people don't remember that, going in, Berbick was a safe opponent who didn't have an impressive record...
Definitely. But at least in 81-83 Tate was still trying. He wasn't impressive but he was trying. After the Holmes fight was cancelled he stopped...
I think the April 6, 1984 Reno Holmes fight falling through did irreversible damage to Tate's psyche. He didn't fight for two years, and in the...
It didn't happen for a couple of reasons. The first of course was Mike Weaver's left hook. Tate and Holmes were going to take some "easy" defenses...
Some Don King associated heavies come to mind, like Bonecrusher Smith and David Bey. Here we have two guys who worked their way into a title shot...
