Maybe just coffee back in the day for the slow fights. Red Bull or something similar now. We know that certain drugs, marijuana and LSD for...
I can't answer the question, but I do have another one. Boxers used to glove up in the ring immediately prior to the fight. This was a practice...
I think Cooney, at his best, is a bit underrated. That said, Tyson was quick, strong, and determined right from the start. He'd pressure Cooney...
What amazes me was that Moore, at the end of his career going in to the Clay fight, was ranked #6 by the WBA and #5 by Ring.
They were signed and schedule for November 1966, but Floyd pulled out. Which probably saved Folley's title shot.
Did those mob ties come back to hurt him in the Wepner fight? Referee Harold Valen was the sole judge. Most in attendance felt Terrell won easily,...
They were only active at the same time in 1971 and 1972. I'd give Floyd the edge in 1971 due to Lyle's inexperience, but by the end of 1972 Lyle...
I kind of wish Bowe would've given Mercer the shot anyway, sort of like Ali still giving the scheduled shot to Ron Lyle after Lyle lost to Jimmy...
... on a card that Duran also fought on.
I agree that the same guys shouldn't tie up the title, like Patterson, Liston, and Johansson did. But rematches in title fights are a time-honored...
Berbick, whom Tyson beat, was an organizational world champion. That organization's lineage dates back a whopping three years when the World...
The things you learn from these old threads... Sounds like if Ron Lyle wouldn't have gotten into legal trouble and Jimmy Young would've gotten...
In December 1981 one of the late night news shows, maybe ABC's Nightline, had an episode asking why fighters come back. They covered Frazier...
If you're going to recognize (at least) the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO now and the NYSAC in Joe Frazier's time, I think you have to recognize...
That's why I do accept retirements as a break in the lineal chain. Sometimes.
