I remember reading about him in the magazines, but I never saw him on TV. Were any of his bouts televised? I wouldn't be surprised if the 1977...
Great post, SaintPat! I somehow got two copies of Flash's newsletter in the mail in 1980. I think he must've gotten my address from an ad I ran...
I started getting into boxing in 1976. They didn't have DVDs then. VHS (or beta) machines were starting to come out, but at over $500 they were...
I remember one of the mags saying, before he lost to Hearns, "If Cuevas is this good now, imagine how great he'll be when he fully matures and...
Ah, but the Foreman who lost the title to Ali and came back in 1987 was George E. Foreman. Boxed Ears named George H.W. Foreman.
No kidding!?! Dang! :cool:
By mid-1992 we knew Moorer's chin was a little suspect. He was very good, with solid fundamentals, but I think both Bowe and Tyson would have...
In the division? Wilder - Joshua. If Wilder beats Fury in a non-controversial fashion, the forums will be overloaded with posts about how Fury...
That number 10 spot is hard to fill. There are a number of guys who could be there, but they all also fall short in some fundamental way. In...
Wow, that's terrible. And here I thought boxing commissions were supposed to look out for the safety of fighters. Silly me.
Too bad that enough people buy into the current system that I had to ask it.
Remember "I coulda been a contender."? I miss the days when being a contender was as prestigious as being a belt holder (or trophy holder; I like...
Didn't know that. And I was around at the time, reading mags and watching fights on tv whenever I could. I was shocked by Gomez' distraction of Z...
I've always thought there should only be one World Champion per weight division in boxing. By definition, "World Champion" means there's only one....
Ali - Liston II. Not by us here, but by the general public. The Neil Leifer photo of Ali standing over Liston has become an iconic image...
