What I've not seen mentioned in this thread and a factor that I think is worthy of consideration is that the SRL that faced Hearns in Sep 81 was...
Cooney would annihilate Mesi and afterward be criticised for kayoing a soft opponent.
The emaciated JJW who fought Abe Simon (for example) loses to Cooney...the real thing was shifty enough to in all likelihood evade Cooney's big...
Magnificent effort...that must have taken for ever. Great reading, thanks luf.
I'm a big fan of both (both likely in my top 15 favourites if I had such a list) but if we are talking the best Ez at HW I pick him on points. I...
Rooster - with all respect your bias toward Bowe & against Lewis is almost as transparent as your bias against SRL.
Dino - I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one:good
Bowe was hardly likely to concede the stoppage was legit was he? What I've quoted there was as close to a confession as you are likely to get -...
Excellent post. I think the lack of "middle" opposition that Mr Magoo refers to was probably down to his management not wanting to "risk"...
Bowe was 21. As for not being hurt...in the post fight interview Bowe said that Lewis had "shook me up pretty much". The facts & Bowe's...
If Louis had not intentionally dried himself out to come in under 200 for the fight, Conn probably wouldn't have gone 13 with Louis anyway.
Smug *******? You're throwing insults in exactly the way I referred to in my original post, proving my point again! As Ali said after Frazier...
Thank you for proving my point in one sentence.
You're calling Entaowed slow? His and your posts indicate that he has FORGOTTEN more about boxing than you have ever known. The saddest thing...
Amazing fight, amazing result. I remember watvhing this on Saturday afternoon's "World of Sport" at the time. The fight took place on the...
