Also inspired the late, great Warren Zevon to write a ballad about Ray. Mancini was a true folk hero — in a different point in history, he’d have...
There’s for sure levels to this, and ‘connected’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘powerful forces aligned behind.’ The corner grocery in an Italian...
Bottom line, to me Mugabi is too hard and Baek too easy to hit. The Beast unloads some heavy artillery early and Baek never gets on track: KO 1...
The answer depending on how strictly we want to interpret things is that almost every figther gets taught something along the way, especially when...
If Tony gets that left thumb eye-gouge through before Mike nails him, I think Tyson submits. He’s be complaining to the ref while Galento would...
Here’s my scoring/account from a few years ago: Bobby “Schoolboy” Chacon vs. Danny “Little Red” Lopez, scheduled for 12 rounds at Los Angeles...
Yori Boy vs. Trinidad.
I was at this fight and while sloppy and both men past their best, it was a very competitive and entertaining bout. Randall was having back...
Sadly, the exploits of Corbett Corbett the XVIIIth in the squared circle are never discussed anymore.
Nino was a very loyal friend. He stayed friends with Emile Griffith long after their fighting days, flying Emile to Italy to have him become...
I’ve never seen this fight scored as anything but close. I can see how some would favor Floyd and how others would favor Ellis. But given its...
I’ll say it again: That we never got Charlie “Choo Choo” Brown vs Charlie “White Lightning” Brown when they were fighting at the same time frame...
Then we must reconsider Ezzard Charles, who also fought on beyond his prime (and generally against lesser opposition than RJJ). Starting with the...
Well, it seems to me he needed to be a savage finisher vs Mannion (to make himself known and marketable as a fighter people would pay to see) and...
I don’t think his ability to carry that power later in fights was ever tested at 175, especially against quality opposition who might have taken...
