The fight was not fixed. Duk Koo Kim had just died in the ring and there was heightened awareness to not let it happen again, at least so soon...
RIP to the snatcher of bodies.
Mutt Haugen too. Been a rough stretch.
Accounts I’ve read say he was out, but out on his feet. I guess Hagler wasn’t quite on Quincy’s level, haha. In fact, actually, Quincy may have...
I often see Saldivar and Salvador (Sanchez) as a bit of a coin flip. I’d lean Chava but respect anyone who disagrees on that account — his...
Some of the in-between divisions are hard because they’re largely either guys moving up from another class or they move on to another class....
I think both Monzon and Hagler fit the ‘natural’ middleweight criteria — probably more than Jake, actually, as he fought in the mid-160s pretty...
Thanks pal. One thing: Saddler held a title of some sort at130. It was kind of a new, ******* division at the time, but I’d have to say he counts...
I may have to backtrack if I get to doing research and find better guys who spent most of their time in one division or that some of these had...
Correct. Ali was already an Olympic champion. But you might notice he got better. How did that happen? If Ali had started his pro career with...
Not only did Harry beat both Charlie Browns — Choo Choo and White Lightning — he did so in back-to-back IBF lightweight title fights. And since...
No this is not a PED thread, nor about fighters who colored their hair. I’m talking about those rare breeds who made their names and spent most...
Ali has spoken on learning a lot from Dundee. He was more than a manager. I’d say Ali being literally the GOAT at heavyweight, his career turned...
When he was whomping somebody upside the head.
I can’t really make a judgment there. Dick Sadler was good. He taught Foreman a lot and refined a very, very raw fighter more than most give...
