If by skilful you mean great all round ability I would say Mike McCallum, Archie Moore, Hagler. Mayweather is excellent, too.
I believe Farr fought on the Boxing Booths in Britain which may account for the early pro start.
I like when Morgan Freeman's character smacks the **** out of the gym bully.
I only saw it once and must confess that I had to be reminded of the twist! Must be 20 years ago that I saw it. Like someone else said it was shot...
My father was Welsh and he told me about Farr. I have seen quite a bit of the Louis fight and Farr gave Joe a good fight, both by boxing and...
The guy was saying that the fighters of today are automatically better because of some sort of evolution in skills. I would argue that a great...
I have seen a few fights of his and read a lot about him. He gave Louis a cracking fight, when Joe was in his prime. Did that fight ruin him or...
Are you saying that all today's fighters are better than 30 years ago, then? Golovkin is better than Hagler and Bradley is better than Duran?...
There's an old one with Robert Ryan where he is supposed to fix a fight and then decides to fight to win. It's called The Set Up, I think. Very...
No, Foxy; Ali had a susceptibility to left hooks against Banks and Cooper, then cured it for years only for it to resurface again in 1971! Weird, eh?
He did; he beat him and was robbed blind. Maybe judges gave Calzaghe points for attempted bumming? I don't even like Hopkins but he schooled Joe.
If someone asked me " Was Marciano a great fighter ?" I wouldn't hesitate in saying yes. I would have great problems saying yes about Joe, yet he...
I see the toe reinforcement operation went well.
On the surface, they have similar profiles:undefeated but floored by class fighters beyond their primes. Who's record is more impressive?
