those body shots had an effect on Tua as well. And at the end of the day he is a plodder and a guy like Byrd will turn him. And the Tuaman likes...
And Holmes only moved clockwise. Trouble w/ fighting a southpaw is it moves you into their power. Would help a ton if Larry could move...
who do you think won their bout? Announcers thought it was Weaver. so did I.
Back to the original thread----almost all of these guys===aside from Tyson and Holmes==were rise to the occasion types. Capable of winning a fight...
But there was a big thing with Spinks John----he was by far the most pedigreed fighter Holmes had fought in a long long time. An unbeaten champion...
What type of criticism would Hagler have if he squeeked by Tiberi? Is that fight overlooked? I doubt it--it would be the sole reason why he would...
Louis would not miss a punch against this guy. And you also have that great corner of Blackburn/Seamons to critique the defense of Brewster for 6...
Ther aren't any fights like that. The so called boxer version should have lost the Weaver decision, to me anyway. And a young prospect having that...
But like lots of ===he is a rise to the occasion guy. Not the type to string together a long string of title defenses. But on a specific night, he...
Easy sport to follow and always has been and will be; follow the money. Just when does the money lose?
Leonard turns him all night and only loses rounds he smartly decides to take off. Lopsided bout and question becomes if Ray's punches can bust up...
William Guthrie is another. A lot of folks really really liked the guy when he was on that undefeated run of his==kind of a busier version of...
Real bad knee. Was always a factor and needed guys to stand in front of him. Then he got the eye damage from getting hit by everything anyone...
and that organization that awarded him the belt has the distinction of having their president convicted and sent to jail.
I thought it was Snowall