HW - George Foreman vs. Stan Ward (the versions that fought Ron Lyle) $2 LHW - Bernard Hopkins vs. Michael Spinks $7 MW - Marvelous Marvin Hagler...
I'm working on a book project that looks at, among other things, heavyweight rankings month-by-month. I'm taking rankings from different sources...
I'm going to look at this from a mainstream casual fan perspective. Joe Frazier vs. Ali I Holyfield vs. Tyson Douglas vs. Tyson Tyson vs. Spinks...
I'm not much on fantasy fights that involve fighters from different eras, nor do I much like matching fighters from different times, i.e. Mike...
I always thought Hearns' "Motor City Cobra" was cool and poetic. Razor Ruddock is another name people know better than Donovan Ruddock, to use...
Great fight. What was the TV status of this bout? It was obviously broadcast, but I recall (and I was only 9 when it happened, so I may be...
Because that one is so historic and the upset was so huge and emphatic, it will definitely never be forgotten. A couple of years back I watched...
The first was Ken Norton. I started becoming aware of boxing at age 8-9 and probably saw him on one of the Saturday sports anthology shows. Or...
One of the magazines kept Foreman in their top-10 for a good year and a half after losing to Jimmy Young. When a reader wrote in questioning why...
The Light Heavyweight division was called Cruiserweight in some circles many years before the official 176-190 (or 195 or 200) lb. Cruiserweight...
I agree that Frazier takes it conclusively. If Bonavena knocks Mildenberger down four times, and Leotis Martin knocks him down three a few months...
The shenanigans that really ramped up in the late seventies - multiple champions, exclusive contracts with networks and promoters, 12-round title...
Eduardo Corletti was on a nice roll in 1966 and 67, going 6-0 both years and getting a win over George Chuvalo. He was in the top 5 in some...
Ali's manager Herbert Muhammad announced Ali defenses against Floyd Patterson on April 25, 1967 and Oscar Bonavena on May 27, 1967.
For what it's worth, here's the Ring ratings from before the fight: The Ring – October 2002 (as of May 19, 2002) World Champion: Lennox Lewis...
