Arthur Mercante, sometimes referred to as the dean of histories ref's, thought a good ref had the best view of what took place in each round. His...
What comes to my mind here are the right hands Quarry landed on Joe's head in their first bout, they were clean and frequent in the first two...
I have to agree with Janitor here, Baer could be very open and easy to feint, both bad ideas against a prime Sam. If Max survived the route I...
As with others here the brown bomber stands out, he just didn't waste or miss many shots.
Kenny was very clever but also tended to do the same thing consistently and that would play into Floyd's skill set, he would take advantage of...
Scotty died at 62 having struggled gamely with Lou Gerig's disease the last three years of his life. Man I miss Scotty, just a great, tough,...
Yes, Ferdie thought Jimmy's right hand would land too easily on Joe for Frazier to win, and it did land but Joe proved unless your name was...
Lots of good posting on this one, I liked this the best. I had Ron ahead of Ali also though I'm not sure the officials had it that way. One...
When Ali was in very good shape he could box more off "the front foot", like in the Al "Blue" Lewis and Earnie Terrell bouts. Later though he...
I thought they might throw in Frazier's body punch ko over Quarry in their second go. Jerry just couldn't get his stomach tightened up by that time.
Good posting! I watched that bout also and didn't think Patterson would ever get going. It seemed the announcer said it wasn't a bad gash but I...
That was quite a read from a very good fighter. I hadn't realized he was only 15 when he beat my gym-mate Gilbert Mitchell in the 1973 National...
Moore was an ankle injury but the decline was evident, the right hands thrown by Palomino that he slipped with ease were landing cleanly. It was...
Speed of foot, better chin, overall faster mitts put Ali over the great Joe Louis in my book no matter how many times I try to change this in my mind.
The Ring still used the word negro in its articles and on its covers also throughout the 1960's. Its a matter of not knowing the times.
