Concerning the "sameness"... what kind of statistical research is the foundation for this opinion?
No, of course none of those boxers are great - because they are recent fighters, and therefore can't be in the discussion of greatness (in your...
The difference between now and yesteryear - is that many of the top boxers today have long amateur careers behind them, before turning pro. Often...
I don't really see any "evolvement" in skills/ability over the last 80-90 years or so. If we go further back in time, it's another matter! So I...
Back then, there was this rule in Argentina, where a fight would be declared a draw, if none of the boxers won by at least 2 (or was it 3; I'm not...
As it says on BoxRec, in a couple of those fights it was agreed, that the decision should be a draw, if they went the full distance. Also the last...
Loads and loads of boxers have fought 2 (or more) consecutive draws. Young Papke, for example, had 10 separate streaks of 2 draws in a row......
Well, I think you may actually be wrong! It would be quite a task to examine the records of ALL world champions - so I decided to look just at...
Cain v Baluta, WOW... fantastic slugfest!
Probably because people got tired of watching fighters push and shove each other around in the clinches, round after round.
If we go way back to the ND era, many fights would only have an official winner, in case of a stoppage - so I think it's reasonable to assume,...
C'mon man... no one, even a newcomer to the sport, can be this ignorant!
One of those hard-to-kill myth!
On the DAZN show from Nottingham last Saturday, there was an Irish lightweight, Gary Cully, on the undercard - a 6'2" southpaw, who upped his...
Here we go again...
