Im also not convinced the layoff somehow hurt Ellis. Its not like he was inactive. He had been in training consistently due to scheduled fights...
Definitely one of Englands best.
How so? Valdez fought absolutely nothing like Ellis and while Briscoe was a come forward fighter his style likewise was nothing really like...
They offered Liston $50,000 for a title defense and he turned it down. Cooper got injured postponing the fight and then the BBB of C deemed him...
pffff. biggest fraud ever when it comes to anything boxing.
Ellis always loses to Frazier. He wanted nothing to do with Frazier and neither did Angelo Dundee. Listen to Dundee duck and dodge any talk of...
I disagree entirely. Ali pulled straight back, couldnt throw an uppercut to save his life, almost never bodypunched. Its why later in his career...
Saying Moore always found a way to win against movers ignores many of his 23 losses and also the fact that over the last five years of his career...
Benvenuti would knock Cerdan out. Benvenuti was huge compared to Cerdan even at 154, which was Benvenuti's prime weight. With his reach, skills,...
Moore didnt like movers. Ali relied too much on his physical gifts and didnt have great fundamentals.
Tell that to the organizations that rated him in the top three for most of the late 40s and early 50s. Ive never heard the argument that a fighter...
And I personally feel he was robbed against Maxim.
Patterson could have ruled the LHWs for over a decade had he stayed there instead of chasing the money. Anyone who thinks he outgrew the division...
Douglas was throwing back but he was definitely the more tired of the two. He had been swinging drunkenly for 2 1/2 rounds. The ref was justified...
You can decry LaMotta being forced to play ball with the mob in order to get his shot but completely ignore that Cerdan was forced to do so as...