Every time someone types just "Floyd", I think Floyd Patterson. I was thrown a little bit until I read a few responses.
Had the Norton - LeDoux fight happened in July 1979 in San Diego, as originally scheduled before Norton pulled out with an injury, it would've...
Prime-for-prime, I've got to pick Norton. Gerrie didn't carry that early KO power he showed against Leon Spinks against other top guys. And except...
Ha ha!!
As someone stated above, "I was assuming this is lineal not these nonsense letter champs." I feel another book-length post coming on. Sigh. The...
Excellent posts, Dubblechin.
The lineal thing is somewhat arbitrary. I'm one of those clowns who spends nearly all of his boxing time reading and researching heavyweight...
The OP didn't ask who would win in a fantasy fight. He asked who had the better reign. It's sort of a stalemate. Patterson has wins against more...
Ring had Snipes at #10 for several months before and after he drew with Frank. He rose up several notches with his win over Berbick. KO had Snipes...
The Ali-Dokes exhibition aired on ABC's Wide World of Sports because the Don King / Ring US Championship tournament was cancelled due to records &...
Apparently Chuvalo signed a contract, in late 1970, to fight Liston in early 1971.
12-round title bouts fitting more neatly on a television schedule was one of the reasons given at the time in early 1983 for a 12-round...
I went to the Boxrec wiki to look, also, and apparently I don't know how to search it. This link is basically 'people in boxing who died,' be it...
And let's not forget that Claude Humphrey McBride fought Buster Mathis for the world super-heavyweight title!
Fury beating Wilder, generally speaking. In some people's eyes, Tyson was expected to have his act together and beat Holyfield, who "just had a...