Sorry philly, you da man but Floyd-Pac doesn't even belong on the list. Had some friends wanting to go together and fund the telecast. I said no...
Floyd was 37 when he beat Ringo (after 21 years as a pro). I'll agree he saw his career about to end but...he wanted a rematch with Ali who had...
I agree; wouldn't have paid a penny to see it.
First off Floyd wasn't really prone to tasting left hooks...well Liston cracked him with one that Sonny said he felt deep into his back but of...
:) :) My goodness I'd rather watch an apple core turn brown.
You guys certainly know more than I do but Harry Gibb came to mind when I saw the thread. Many years ago, I read when he was the sole judge of the...
Well if either of the Klit bros were prime way back when in the post Czarist Russia era and Jack was prime in 2000 this thread wouldn't even be...
Eras aside, 'styles make fights'. Tunney great! Floyd somewhat lesser great! I'll take Floyd on a UD again, Eras aside. Same reason I feel a...
I'm just an oft ignorant classic lover. I never knew these guys ever fought; right in between Matt-Marvin 1/2?? What was I smoking?...well, quite...
And, amazingly as I found out many years later, he went 0-7-1 after that before retiring. ??
Had 'head case' Eddie not ballooned to fight Snipes, then went into a pressure cooker to make weight for the Spinks fight, Michael's career may...
I boxed in a mini-golden gloves exhibition as a youngster in the mid-sixties. Worked briefly at Champ Cheney's gym in the early seventies (he...
Well Floyd, at that point, had beaten Machen and Chuvalo as well and would have laid Jones into a puddle at that point. That being said (and I...
Hi Red! Couldn't agree more! I'm not sure of this but the 'scuttlebutt' I've heard (don't think the fight is available to view) is that Earnie...
Just dropping in for a sec. My first thought was Emile Griffith's counter-jab in response to his opponents jab. Take a look at his fights; he did...
