Here's what I have from the NBA prior to Marciano-LaStarza II - NBA Quarterly Rankings (via AP) (As of July 14, 1953) Champion: Rocky Marciano...
I thought that too.
One thing that interests me was that Foreman was given pretty much no chance of beating Joe, yet George was rated #2 in the world, behind Ali, by...
I recall Tyson's management saying that at the time... that they Mike wouldn't consider Tyson champion until he beat Spinks. Spinks fought every...
I'm pretty sure it was televised. I seem to recall watching it on Saturday afternoon TV as an 11 year old and being bored to tears.
Why didn't Patterson fight more than once or twice a year as champion? Did the tax structure of the time make more defenses financially...
I've been trying to collect heavyweight ratings (off and on) for several years, via Google News, old magazines, etc. I don't have even close to...
Fwiw... National Boxing Association ratings – (as of May 1958) Champion: Floyd Patterson 1. Eddie Machen 2. Zora Folley 3. Roy Harris 4. Willie...
Watch the first Frazier - Ellis fight. Cosell screams, "Down goes Ellis! Down goes Ellis!"
Really nice find. Cool that you knew / figured out who Jones and Bobick's opponents were in this footage.
The first listed article was done in 2012, 6 years ago. I wonder how Duane is going these days?
I think it was Ali-Lyle that was the first live network tv broadcast of a heavyweight championship in several years, not Ali-Wepner.
I was just browsing around on BoxRec and found a link to a newspaper report that stated that the July 10, 1976 Norton - Middleton bout was...
Of course Bonavena was supposed to fight Norton in March 1975. Bonavana pulled out, Jimmy Young was announced as Norton's opponent (not sure what...
Some time in the last decade or so Ring published - somewhere (internet? in a mag?) - that they considered Ali the champ until he lost to Frazier...
