This match was talked about, at least in one of the mags, after Ali beat Foreman. The idea was that the winner would get the first chance at a...
The NBA released their rankings quarterly at that time. NBA (as of April 4, 1956) Rocky Marciano, Champion Outstanding boxers 1 Tommy...
I don't want to give them any ideas, and I guess there wouldn't be any money in it, but I'm half expecting one of the sanctioning bodies (to be...
If memory serves, the practice of not ranking each other's champions started in 1978 when the WBC stripped Leon Spinks for not fighting Ken...
I actually think that if there was only one champion per division (among other things), boxing would bring in MORE money. It would bring in more...
Thanks. I'm in a position where I might have to give up may time-consuming day job in a few months. The work should flow faster then.
Agreed. I also think they didn't know how hurt Ali was. We can look back and "see the signs", but at the time it wasn't considered as serious as...
Yes! My response, before I saw this post, was, "Then why do we give them honor and credence if we dislike them so much?" We call Mike Tyson the...
I collected - still doing it - them from buying copies of the old mags (eBay, mostly), looking at old newspapers online, and getting help from a...
What would have happened if a prime George Foreman had entered the 1967-1968 WBA Tournament? Smart aleck answer: He wouldn't have won gold in...
The closest I recall getting is Holyfield-Tyson I. Going in, people thought Holyfield was beyond shot and Tyson was resurgent. There were...
Buster Mathis was ranked #10 by Ring going into his fight with Joe Frazier and for the two months right after the Frazier fight. Here's what Nat...
Floyd Patterson Muhammad Ali Larry Holmes Lennox Lewis ?
Ring didn't have champions during most (if not all) of the 1990's. Stanley Weston, of World Boxing, International Boxing, KO, etc., bought the...
I think Golota was genuinely afraid of Tyson. His serious injury in that bout was a sort of self-fulfilling prophesy, as much as that is possible....
