That's Erik Morales as Vicente Saldivar, right? Beautiful. I'm a sucker when they bring in modern greats to assume the role of former greats....
1. The Set-Up (--because I'm sentimental. This film was done in real time, is a film noir, and is as authentic as it gets in capturing what club...
He studied violin intensely for two weeks for the role (Humoresque) and was passable for the long shots, but the close-ups of the complicated...
Sure. Whitaker would be a challenge to any lightweight who ever lived. We just see the fight between him and Duran differently. As to what Duran...
You make a good argument. ...though I don't see Whitaker surviving against Hagler. He was smaller than Duran and significantly weaker than...
Modern era, brother, modern era (though I'd probably still take Greb).
Far too much credit? This fight is practically forgotten outside of ESB Classic. Even it were nearly as discussed as Hagler-Hearns or...
Overlin was often compared to Greb during that time. Bert Lytell may well have been the closest. He was called a black Harry Greb -and it seems...
Whoa. WHOA!!! Is that SRL I see up there at number one? -in GREB's rightful place?! At least tell us you meant SRR.
Most of us know or -at least suspect- when we've pummelled the opposition in these fun little debates. I never got that feeling in any of my...
Mine came from Boxing Illustrated. Most of "the rest" were names I hadn't even heard of. Right though, very few indeed gave Duran a chance -though...
That's a really good post.
Not much to debate here, we're more or less in agreement.
Lemme rephrase that -Hagler's eye was beginning to close late in the bout. More aggression earlier could have meant damaged eye earlier. The...
Good argument, even if I do see it differently. You may well be right, but there is another argument that you've heard me say before, that...
