I don't see Burley as too far athletic side of the technician-athlete continuum (and it is an continuum, not so compartmentalized as I seem to...
Sure.
I see Jones's not winning like Hopkins as a reflection of his lack of foundation in skills. 'Skills' isn't 'talent'. These are different things...
Duran is a good point of reference for what I was saying about Jones and Hopkins. They all had a pretty formidable prime, fought bigger men (Jones...
Well, reading what you wrote really answers your own question. "What he has achieved" is clearer than what "good" or "better" means. --That is...
Damn right. Hopkins was damn good when he first faced Jones and was not "green." There seems to be some revisionism going on about Bernard in the...
Hypothetical H2H aren't measurable. Therefore determining all-time greatness based on H2H makes zero sense. Jones beating Hopkins means that...
Beautifully said. This clarifies the argument very well for those in boxing who confuse H2H exercises (which is all they really are) with...
Level of competition/experience should be the single most important criteria in my mind. Longevity is also critical and ring generalship is just...
Hopkins gained ground all right.... what a shame he's only going 12 rounds against self-admitted novices. Hopkins is a torch-bearer for those...
Agreed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opHSUGJEECI @ 6:15 on. Those rights to the body debilitated Graziano but also set him up those wicked...
If he threw all those BS belts in the trash, I'd cheer, then light it on fire; and then suplex that fool in it too even if it broke my back.
There are plenty of good examples of Liston's effectiveness in the ring -the two Williams fights among them but any number of from 59/60. Most...
Yep, I remember that specifically.
Well, damn. Dude called me just a "hipster." Why can't I be a hipster-revisionist?
