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Ali had a great chin. No doubt about that.
in eras gone by many fighters stated they learnt much more from a loss than they did a win. These days losing is an absolute taboo when you can...
Likewise. Braddock would likely ask Cooney's chin questions it would fail to answer.
Point well made and I think why so much respect is afforded to the 70s as a great era. Because great fighters regularly fought great fighters.
So you are comparing a 25 year old, 11-0, and even at that stage cruiserweight Evander Holyfield to which version of Hopkins, and at light...
It all depends on the criteria used to define "greatest" when applied to punchers. If we are grading in terms of one punch KO power Ali shouldn't...
Has to be.
I like most of the OP's calls in the comparative matchups. But I don't see Gerry Cooney - Tony Thompson II going the distance. It's a stoppage win...
Almost as important as food when it's all said and done.
Interesting call. Time will tell if we can add him to the list.
Agree with your first point and the second one would certainly be interesting because Bowe is the only fighter to have beaten Holyfield twice.
This one is a tough call and your answer above is pretty much in keeping with my thoughts.
The Kostya Tszyu bio Something Worth Fighting For by Paul Upham is worth a read.
Olympic Gold Medallist or not, feeding Rademaker to the world champion Patterson made no sense. Patterson knocked him down 6 times in 6 rounds....
