I just found this in my notes. Looks like they were trying to put George and Oscar together in 1972, also. July 7, 1972 - NEWS - The Oklahoma...
Foreman and Bonavena were pencilled in to fight in March 1975. Then Foreman pulled out and went the Toronto Five route the following month. Norton...
I would agree with that. Maybe George Foreman loses standing without Joe Frazier, but there's other fights, in both careers, that build toward an...
I think Golota fought with some paralyzing fear. If he didn't think he could win, even if he was doing well (Bowe and Grant) he'd implode in a...
I used to anxiously await the boxing magazines every month. I think it was the November 1977 World Boxing that had it as a cover story, with...
Keep in mind that, going in, Tyson still had that aura of invincibility going for him. And he still had the one-punch power to deck a highly...
Ali - Frazier 4, which was on the table for a few days in the autumn of 1977. Joe Frazier - Kallie Knoetze in 1978, which was cancelled because...
Body punching. ; - ) Too bad the Bowe - Mercer fight never happened. In hindsight I think Bowe should've given the May 93 shot to Mercer despite...
Now... Lineal Public Consensus. Often the Public Consensus champ has to beat the Lineal champ to achieve a sort of undisputed status. See Tyson...
^ Excellent explanation, Dubblechin! When did closed-circuit broadcasts start? Post WW2? The only one I ever got to go to was Hagler-Duran, when...
Ali-Bobick was very much on the table for 1977, but Norton-Bobick happened instead. Bobick had strung a few wins together post-Knoetze and...
They were pretty harsh on Bobick in the article. Probably rightly so when judging his natural talent. Duane probably got out at the right time,...
Interesting article from Sports Illustrated about prospects in the heavyweight division. They called it on their number 1 prospect, but while the...
Interestingly, Ring, the WBC, and Boxing Illustrated all had Foster as their #1 contender going into the Quarry fight. Jerry was somewhere between...
That's one of those fights where the stars didn't align. I blame George more than Ali. Foreman stayed out of action all of 1975, had the...
