200 pounds is not small. I think it's just that today, we are so used to seeing these big, weight-trained, steroided out freaks that we look back...
Paul Poirer
Holyfield was listed as 6'1" throughout his amateur career and well into his professional career. It wasn't until Holyfield jumped up to...
No World's Strongest Man has ever won the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. Weight-lifting doesn't necessarily make a good puncher a...
Agreed. Holyfield was a manufactured heavyweight -- he wasn't a naturally big man with a big frame. Liston was just a big, strong Arkansas country...
Ali wasn't totally dominated -- he won a few rounds and made others close -- but he looked like utter s**t against Berbick. Muhammad was clumsy...
I agree with you. Like I said, Holmes had a good jab, but he wasn't out there out-jabbing guys who were known for being good jabbers. And the two...
You basically just described comeback George Foreman here! :yep
Well, in a physiological sense, most people, athletes and non-athletes alike, are probably 'past it' by the age of 24 or 25. Once a human reaches...
It's possible that Witherspoon was simply a better fighter than most of Holmes' pre-1983 opponents, so naturally, Holmes didn't look as good or as...
And I think Larry Holmes knew that. Which is why I scoff when I hear people (and often Larry himself) say how he (Holmes) took on all-comers and...
Agreed! Holmes badmouthed Pinklon Thomas, calling him a junkie and all kinds of things...But Holmes never fought him. or Greg Page. Or rematched...
Like I said, I agree he had a good jab...But, he wasn't out there out jabbing guys like Bowe, Lewis, Klitschko -- or even guys like Pinklon Thomas.
An immediate rematch would have been nice. Does anyone remember what the public/press reaction was after the fight? I was too young to care at the...
The thing about guys known for being good jabbers is that they almost always establish their reputations for being good jabbers against shorter...
