I will just reiterate that past experience should not preclude a fighters title shot if that fighter has fought his way back to the top of the...
What are you talking about?? Johnson's first loss to Moore was in his first big fight. He hadnt even been a pro 3 years, he was only 21. He was...
Im not knocking Moore, hes one of my favorite fighters, but his later reign/career is decidedly pedestrian and largely smoke and mirrors. The...
So a fighter who reworks himself back into contention and gains the top spot should never get another title shot if the title holder has defeated...
The managers guild didnt exist when this fight took place.
So you you posted this inane word salad to basically arrive at the point I was making: That LaMotta was not mob controlled. Glad we finally got there.
Foreman-Frazier in 73 should not have been FOTY. That honor should have gone to Briscoe-Valdez 1 by a country mile.
Yep. Johnson was improving and Moore was slipping and Moore knew it. He wanted no part of Johnson. Moore didnt have an issue fighting his sparring...
That guy that they stripped the title from Moore for not fighting.
No Im criticizing a mediocre fighter. People always focus on the fact that this fight was so competitive but always lose sight of why. All you...
Like who? Moore was incredibly inactive during this period and spent his time fighting no-hopers in order to tread water while ducking Johnson who...
It was two fights later. Holt was nothing special either it still took Durelle fighting dirty as hell and his hometown ref allowing it in order to...
Durelle was so ordinary he should have never been anywhere near a title shot. The fact that he did what he did to Moore says a lot about how far...
The Flowers book is garbage. All three Flowers books are bad. I stopped reading the Lavigne book when it said he trained Carpentier in Paris....
Interesting fight. My knee jerk reaction is to pick Basilio based on his greater size and strength but its not a comfortable pick. I could easily...
