About a 7 IMO, for a champ he had a fairly mediocre chin, for a general heavyweight he had a rather good one. Its not so much the huge right hands...
That was blatantly illegal, Im a big Lewis fan but that was brutal, grounds for DQ perhaps. Mercante Jr is a pretty weak ref IMO, not really up to...
Tua actually only chinned him like twice in the fight and he wasnt set properly , doing his leaping across the ring being made to look silly...
Calzaghe vs Lacy, ok Lacy isnt the strongest opponent but he was the best US fighter and IBF champ so its a legit championship fight. It is a joy...
Quarry beat some good contenders but unlike Tua he lost to 3 or 4 top contenders that were never champs. I guess the matchmaking structure was...
Not too sure what you are on about? Yes this thread is about best heavyweights that were found wanting in a title fight, Tua was very definitely...
Tua is the best in at least the last 20 years to not win a title, hes done everything but win a dam belt Hes actually one of the most...
What the hell this fight cant happen, Mathew Hatton isnt even a top British fighter, he lost to Ndou (but Ndou is a nobody so they robbed him) he...
Lennox's power was underrated for a long time, until he became an established champion really. When he fought Bruno the UK commentators were like...
People not infrequently killed in streetfights from a single bareknuckle punch, from non-boxers. Its happened here in NZ quite a lot where David...
Exactly, where are the 190lb NBA players with a boxer's build? Might be a fair few in NFL or college football though. A few baseballers might be...
Come on that's "splitting hairs" , Vitali has only narrow loss to the great Lennox Lewis (I dont really count Byrd much, if he hadnt thrown out...
Bowe was no coward between the ropes, just out of them he didnt want to risk his reputation in the US to some Limey from some place he never heard of
Everyone says Golota owned Bowe but thats not really the case, it was a real war and Golota fouled Bowe just as he was starting to come on a bit,...
It seems from the little oldtime stuff I know that heavyweights got beaten up and bloodied more, and bones broken (in Willard's case) , whereas...
