I see your point, but a betting coup depends on a lot of money being bet on the other side of a fight. A fight between two unknowns won't have...
George Foreman wrote that the number of fixed pro fights would surprise the average fan. He didn't name any of them, but he said he knew of...
I'll go with Charles. I can't think of a champion I'd pick Patterson to beat. Leon Spinks? Maybe- not sure.
I think Dundee knew a lot more about him than we do. He said he wanted to quit.
Angelo Dundee wrote that Clay had decided to quit and demanded that Dundee cut his gloves off. Dundee said he [Dundee] was the only thing that...
Joe Louis said the same thing. He was asked how he would have fought Liston. He said 'with a gun'. In the same conversation, Louis said he would...
I agree that neither Liston- Clay fight were legitimate victories. The first one was either a fix or Liston had a valid shoulder injury. The...
I'm not sure Ali could beat Liston at his best. Ali said that Liston had him out on his feet and didn't know it. This was an in-the-tank Liston...
Yes, that is interesting. Especially, since Ali told us he had a secret punch that would knock anybody out. Why didn't he use it in all of his fights?
I have never understood why Ali fought these long fights- he didn't have to. He told us in 1965 that he possessed the secret Anchor Punch that...
I can't understand why Jersey Joe Walcott isn't taking this thread over. There has never been a referee botched fight like the second Ali-Liston...
Walcott in the Ali-Liston II fight. It doesn't get any worse than that.
Here's my take: An Ali who was not in exile means an Ali who submitted to the draft and went into the Army. The Army had promised him all the...
Ali-Liston II. No one could invent such a charade.
I've heard Foreman, at varying times, list 5 or 6 different people who hit him the "hardest". You can't pay much attention to what Foreman says.
