Foster was a favorite of many fans, but due to his awesome left hook he was prohibited from boxing in several localities. ;)
Greg Page just seemed to be so smooth and fast when he was coming up. Time would prove he had a solid chin. He just didn't have the drive to push...
At nearly 10 years old at the time, I was a huge Norton fan. I was so disappointed when Ali got the decision in Yankee Stadium. So when Norton...
Piggybacking on the Greatest Performances thread, what are some fights that really crushed or disappointed or disgusted you? I find I root for...
1978? Lyle only had one fight that year, a TKO 7 against 7-4 (3) Horace Robinson. In 77 he struggled with Joe Bugner and Stan Ward, and in 79 he...
In no particular order and off the top of my head: Jones-Toney Hopkins-Trinidad Fury-Wilder II Tapia-Romero Ali-Foreman Douglas-Tyson Sanchez-Gomez
I've told this story in other threads, but I'll repeat it since it involves Coetzee. I was a fan growing up, but by the time he fought Dokes (when...
I like to look at these kinds of matches in terms of when they COULD have happened. Mercado was a busy up-and-coming prospect in 1976, while...
Spinks appeared in a boxing magazine in 1991 saying he wanted that fight. Said if Holyfield were to beat Tyson when they were due to fight that...
I don't see this on BoxRec. Where is it? https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Ron_Lyle_vs._Joe_Bugner
Ah, yeah, that make sense.
The title shot against Ali was scheduled before the Jimmy Young "tuneup". Ron was lucky he still got the title shot. Did the book say anything...
To my knowledge, Burt Ward was never in any Rocky movies. He played Robin on the sixties Batman series and did several Batman-related things,...
In another post someone commented that it was remarkable that Floyd Patterson was highly ranked and beating top-10 contenders from the mid-fifties...
Unless there was another Bill Costello, he was a boxing judge for years after his retirement.
