He is my No. 8, head-to-head. He scores top grades in these departments: SKILL: that left jab was powerful, accurate and never stopped...
We must always keep in mind that we build on the past. Anyone with some intelligence and vision can see a large-sized, young bloke with the...
Tunney was clear-eyed enough to get up in time before a straight 10-count; as the cerebral fighter he was, he properly waited to get up at 9. The...
You've made it hard, Rob. Nice exercise. 1. Ali 2. Dempsey 3. Frazier 4. Duran 5. Tyson But I'm bursting to say a torrent more!
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You seem to believe fans are gullible Pavlov dogs and journalists manipulative mercenaries, while holding your own viewpoint in towering regard....
Absolutely. I prefer reading stuff the guys here write than baloney manufactured by blokes who actually get paid to pose as experts.
Very few, if any, reputable sources have ever considered Rocky Marciano the greatest heavyweight champion ever. (The 1967 computer doesn't count.)...
Because no one did to Holmes, before or after, what Tyson did to him. When ranking fighters head-to-head, I believe an exhibit such as this is...
We all agree Tyson looked spectacular. As an armchair psychologist, I simply see Tyson was flawed from childhood by deprivation and abuse. Had he...
For a bruiser, Liston in his time was considered to have good handspeed, thus the mention; but the point is no heavy swarmer/slugger/puncher has...
How can anyone not admire what Mike Tyson displayed from amateur to the Truth? It is fruitless to search among the most celebrated heavy bruisers...
Easy call: Johnson. Elusiveness tired Foreman out. Johnson could move, block, slip, feint and spoil till Foreman winds down, while pecking and...
He easily wrestled a scary, fists-clenched, hell-with-consequences, I'm-gonna-put-an-end-to-this-crap-RIGHT NOW!-mindset Frazier to harmlessness...
The guy proved quite adept when the chips were down.
