Was it 1984 that Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's, or was it 1985? I'm only going by memory here, but I seem to recall reading about it around...
I'd assumed that the reason George fought mostly subpar fighters in 1971 and 1972 was that he'd secured a spot close to the top of the rankings...
Not that I know of. I've been collecting monthly heavyweight ratings for years, decades, and have them in a document. I've acquired them through...
I think if we'd had four belts over the last, say, 100 years, there'd be a lot more guys who fought for a "major belt" four times but who would...
Richard Green also took his own life at age 46. Green refereed several TV bouts, including Mancini-Kim, and was also based out of Las Vegas. It...
Your winking guy says it all. I watched a video recently, something like "When boxing referees lose control," and Perez was a referee who kept...
Wow. I didn't know about his playing baseball and basketball, too. He was rated in the top 10 by both the NBA and Ring in 1959. I noted it above.
Mitch Halpern (RIP) was good. Agreed on Mills Lane. No B.S. with him. Wasn't Smoger the referee who kept telling Lou Savarese to get up between...
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Interesting. Powell himself played for the 49ers and Raiders.
The first question is what do you want to collect? Autographs, programs, cards, books, magazines, posters, fight-worn gear? It sounds like, based...
Interesting record. Fought a lot of name guys, from Ali and Patterson on down. Was ranked in the bottom half of the top-10 for several months...
King was a part of the problem with boxing, not the sole cause of boxing's problems. He put on some great cards & put together many amazing...
Just heavyweights. I'm one of those clods who spends much more time watching, thinking about, and analyzing heavyweight history than the other...
I knew George was young, but I didn't know you were, too. That's awesome. While I wasn't the one who commented that it was remarkable that you're...
