I momentarily forgot about the the Al Joneses. Looks like when they met Florida took out Memphis. Florida was a nice prospect and top-10...
Wasn't there some speculation that this was Roy Jones Jr.'s father? I don't remember what the verdict was. I'm sure it's a very common name....
We're on the same page when it comes to differentiating champions with belt holders. I can see your argument for Michael Spinks being third...
In music they call it "Pay to play." To get a club gig, bands would have to buy X number of tickets from the club. That way the club owner was...
scartissue, you beat me to Henry Cooper by two minutes! How about heavyweight "Iowa" Mike Tyson, who fought in the late 80's? Years ago someone...
Ten years is a long time. Careers are going to have peaks and valleys. Most fighters are going to have good nights and bad nights. Tim...
Well, it was on before Spinks-Ali. Maybe I was excited about the Ali bout and I didn't want to sit through the Muhammad - Burnett fight.
I haven't watched them since they aired, but I recall Hugo Corro being tremendously boring against Valdez and Ronnie Harris, too. Dreadful fights....
Bonavena's wins against current top-10 opposition: Chuvalo, Mildenberger, Leotis Martin, and Larry Middleton. Three in the sixties, one in the...
I've thought about that too - what would happen if Boxrec started charging. They are certainly running a great service and shouldn't be taken for...
I'd forgotten there was a couple rounds of Holmes-Robinson on YouTube. Maybe it was televised, since Cosell is calling it. Holmes was wearing...
Which Foreman bout? The fights you'd asked about didn't really feature much in the way of notable undercards, save for the Young fight when...
It's a pretty cool resource.
I've read that Spencer fell victim to his vices. But wasn't he also a promoter on the West Coast for awhile? I'd think you'd have to have it...
This is pretty easy information to get on BoxRec. Go to Foreman's record, find, say, the Chuvalo fight, and click on "Event". While the order of...
