Yeah, the time I noticed the media quoting the WBA as THE AUTHORITY was recently. It was a news story on the African-American History Museum in...
Ring apparently did not like Jimmy Ellis much. They consistently ranked him lower than the other mags and the WBA / WBC (whose ratings were very...
So I was thinking, "Wasn't Jimmy Ellis #2 for the first Frazier fight? After all, he was the WBA champ when that sort of meant something." But a...
Too bad Tyson didn't do an Ali and fight McCall in August, Bowe in October (or vice-versa), followed by a super-fight for the title in January...
I'd get him some good post-prison counseling and have serious conversations with him. "Mike, do you still want to be a fighter?" If the answer is...
Yeah, when I read that it surprised me. You'd think Floyd would've jumped at the opportunity to fight Ellis again on his home turf. But that's...
Shavers was at the bottom of the top 10 then Lyle beat him. Larry Middleton was around #6, depending on whose ratings you use, when Lyle got him...
Just read in Ring magazine, April 1969, that Madison Square Garden was trying to put together a card with Frazier-Quarry and an Ellis-Patterson...
One thing that I don't think Rock Newman gets credit for was trying to keep Bowe busy. I think Newman KNEW Bowe was his own worst enemy and knew...
On a weekend in mid-August 1982 we were supposed to see Trevor Berbick - Renaldo Snipes, Tim Witherspoon - James Tillis, and Pinklon Thomas - Jeff...
Six lineal champions on that list, too.
One thing that amazes me about Sanchez is that his win list includes victories over the next three WBC featherweight belt holders (LaPorte, Gomez,...
That boxing would be a much more popular mainstream sport if several things happened. A more popular, more mainstream, easy to follow sport would...
I was about to type that I thought that Johansson II was Floyd's signature win. Then the rest of the post made me realize it was probably about...
I must be tired at the end of my work week. I saw the thread title and said to myself, "Oh no! Jack Dempsey died!" I hope you continue to rest...
