Oops. Thanks for helping to put things in the proper perspective.
Thanks for helping to put things in the proper perspective.
Frazier was obviously greatly diminished in every way by the time of Ali-Frazier 2. Peak Frazier could be tied up, but not forever. FOTC Ali...
Shavers had the most massive overhand right, but, yes!, Joe Louis had the greatest right hand in heavyweight history. That straight right was...
Two hands are better than one. Dempsey could punch with either and both hands. Frazier's bread and butter was that left hook, great in the...
It would be foolish for Dempsey to try to push Foreman back. He wouldn't need to do it. Foreman was very hittable early on, even in his...
Right on. I've always believed Dempsey would bust up Foreman. Frazier came chin forward. Dempsey flitted in and out, head tucked away. Frazier...
I'm still struggling to place this guy in my top ten, which, head-to-head, is: 1. The Greatest 2. The Galveston Giant 3. Kid Dynamite 4. The...
In 1988, Tyson's share of the "Once and For All" purse was the highest amount ever paid a professional boxer, and it reflected the fight's...
For thirty years, Monzon has been considered one of the greatest middleweights champions of all time. Hearns has never been. Manassa has broken it...
Yes, I think Sonny nailed this. Ali conducted himself in the vein of Johnson, not Louis, and, in doing so, illustrated what a man has to do to...
I have this clip on video as part of a Jack Johnson tape and thought I was alone in feeling impressed by the Boston Strong Boy in this precious...
Thanks. I love to see a guy like Monzon make mastery look routine, fruit of putting in the hard work. Monzon, strong candidate for greatest...
Only relatively speaking did Tyson "have his hands full" with Bruno, of course. In that heyday of Tyson's reign of terror, just the fact that...
I believe I see a favorable bias of yours toward modern-day heavyweight fighters in general, as you seem awed by their superior size and polished...
