Okay, the June 15th Montreal Gazette states that "the book quoted Frazier at 7-5 and Foreman at 9-5." So did some oddsmakers have Frazier favored...
My "source" is the Boxrec page for the second fight: One Las Vegas bookmaker had Frazier as a 7-5 favorite. I don't have any contemporary...
I think he had the potential. But the same four major belts existed in Ruddock's day as now. Yeah, the WBO hadn't come into its' own yet (whatever...
Yep. I've pointed this out a few times in these forums. Not only did he take all of 1975 off, but save for the Lyle fight - which didn't do him...
As someone who was at my height of boxing fandom in the early 80's, Hamsho is well known to me. I never got the impression he was hated. I'd think...
What's popping up for me are guys who started off strong against unknowns, but then didn't do nearly was well when stepping up. Alex Stewart,...
Every so often people come on and ask why Muhammad Ali never gave a rematch to George Foreman. I think it's that the timelines didn't work out....
Regarding Ali "quitting" against Holmes, Ali was in full promo mode before that fight, telling everyone what he'd do to Holmes. So it had to be...
When George Foreman was first coming back, one of his opponents was a friend of a friend. After Foreman knocked the guy out, my friend said, "He...
I have such a hard time putting fighters into different timelines. Too many intangibles. That said... Tyson turns pro in 1970, has the publicity...
Someone mentioned Kallie Knoetze was Ring rated #6 when John Tate fought him. He actually was #3 going in, in the August 1979 issue, ratings as of...
choclab asked an interesting question on page 3, something to the effect of, "who did the other challengers beat to get a title shot?" Basically I...
Gerry Cooney could've been part of that heavyweight round-robin of the early 1980's, where he was in the mix with the rest of the contenders:...
Too bad that Earnie Shavers bout didn't happen in August 1980. Or even, though this wouldn't have meant much, the proposed Scott LeDoux fight in...
He was good enough to be a two-time world heavyweight champion.
