Fair point, but that was in the Olympic Trials and you have to qualify for that by winning some national event to get there so Larry accomplished...
I wouldn’t use boxrec to gauge what kind of amateur career someone had unless they had a pretty big amateur career. Those aren’t comprehensive by...
The Ring was doing larger commemorative books themed on specific (popular and well-known) fighters for a while, may still be doing that, one ones...
I know Jack Obermayer (along with someone else, kind of his boxing buddy) traveled to cards large and small across the country on his own dime...
I think Pinklon Thomas only had like seven amateur fights.
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I concur with this summation in its entirety. Call it exactly how I see it. Barbados the greater fighter by a fair margin but don’t see him...
Voted for Chuvalo decision. Steady, consistent and will work 3 minutes a round to win a fairly pedestrian verdict. Nino has his explosive moments...
First thing I would do with a new issue of Ring would be to read the results in that month’s issue and then the tiny-type reports from cards...
One of the first things I did when I went to the UK for my one trip there in the early 1990s was stop at a news stand and pick up a copy of Boxing...
I think Bud controls the distance and the fight with his jab and works his way to a decisive points win over a game but outclassed Gaspar. I...
Good call on Mysterious Billy. I’d go with John L, Mysterious Billy and Boston Tom McMustache. Greb would be my next choice.
Those hooligan pistoleros talked a big game til they laid their gaze upon the mighty John L, upon which they realized that should they discharge...
I could watch Gaspar fight all day. He’s a joy to watch and we are fortunate that he came along at a time when he was in demand for TV, leaving so...
I remember Ken Norton saying hitting Ali in the body or on the arms was like hitting a slab of cement. The man was solid in his leaner/younger...
