Not quite. Sam was only 5'2 in reality along with having no sense of smell and two glass eyes.
Put my vote in for The Professor.
Past his best, but he wasn't shot going in to Fulton I in 1917. There was a further, marked decline in Sam after that fight as a direct result of...
Wouldn't the exaggeration have always been there, though? Given the PT Barnum-esque nature of the sport's promotion that's been there from day 1,...
The only thing remotely disappointing about it is that we didn't get more of the best fights made, particularly near the tail end of it. Would've...
In a real-world career context, I just can't see it. In a fantasy one-off, I could see him picking up some wins up to a certain level. But for a...
You've got more faith in the ability of people who've never sparred a southpaw counterpuncher in their lives to figure one out and outclass one on...
Good thread concept. I do think Valuev gets sold short...as much as he's written off as a joke, he's not an easy out for much of the divisions...
The cake is finally ready. Fresh is for suckers.
Fury on points. Sonny won't be able to catch him- too flat footed, too straight line, and Fury has the better head movement and handspeed.
Curry, Yuri, and DM
Not the fight I'd have made for Johnson given the beating hes coming off of...
Al had the best stable of 154 pounders and rarely matched them up against each other. I don't have a ton of faith that'll change now that Charlo...
Assuming the matches would be made like they did at the time where the top guys usually fight each other multiple times, he'd win some, lose some....
They might as well just e-mail the title to Loma and save everyone the time and energy.
