I believe I had it 8-4 for Pernell and watched the bout closely. Stretching things as far as possible I might have made it 7-5, there was no...
I agree that Chuvalo would have been the most interesting. I wonder if his face would have been too broken up from Sonny's telephone pole left...
Early in his career a woman in a NY audience said he was "sweet as sugar" after one of his bouts and the name stuck. Ray was never just a back...
We just see the actions here and what they could do differently. There actually is a real anchor punch and I was taught it early and practiced it...
I think this is a good question and posting. Heres the catch, Jimmy was boxing at this point the best of his career and the title win, finances...
Not exactly Hook, Inoki by the rules Ali insisted on was basically handcuffed, he could do almost nothing and all Ali had to do was reach the...
Ali got away with leaning back because of his unmatched movement which also let him get away with not being adapt at slipping or blocking,...
Yes agreed, and both in this recording and what we have from other fights I've noted little use of a straight right hand or for his reputed...
It doesn't matter, was just his experience? When did you or anyone else take the end of both their punches to tell which hit the hardest? I...
I agree, neither his shoulder or much of his body weight was in the punch, it was almost entirely an arm punch.
I find that hard to believe, I will try and see if such an article is still available for viewing. Few at ringside made a statement that they saw...
I boxed for fifteen years and taught it for fifteen more, I understand punching as did Dempsey and the Rock who also said it was a light punch,...
Nice list! Imo Vitaly doesn't belong anywhere near that number two post but every list has a flaw.
Well said! A real warrior with skills and decent power who happened to fight during a time of very good lightheavy's.
The punch had almost no weight on it and was largely an arm punch. As both Dempsey and Marciano said it was a light punch, others at ringside...
