I agree.
LES DARCY: excellent Australian middleweight and heavyweight champion boxer/puncher during the Great War period. Badass who was never stopped in...
That knockdown of Folley shows the very reason why Ali had no need to stay in any pockets. "Hit and not be hit." Ali himself at his peak clearly...
For their welterweight showdown, Hearns was literally Leonard's biggest opponent, with the most ominous aura of all his foes. He was serious,...
Thanks. I agree wholeheartedly that 2, 3 and 5 were deficiencies, that, maddeningly enough, he sometimes corrected all of a sudden, by the way. 1...
Thanks. In other words, you would have liked to see him trading; we know this was anathema to Ali, who always above all endeavored to protect...
Thanx, Bokaj. Perhaps you could explain a bit on your view of textbook slipping, as IMHO Ali's head movement in his prime was pretty...
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle in this discussion. It seems to me deep inside you believe Ali to be terribly flawed. Could you...
Corbett. Jeffries. Langford.
Ali certainly had some technical issues, but I am not ready to call his technique crap and say he just got by on reflexes. In shape, his...
Chris said all pros hit bleeping hard; but, relative to the heavyweight division, Ali had at most above average power, yet it is fascinating to...
He's the man.
The man who beat the man, huh? Agreed. But one caveat: Holmes' legitimacy was not dependent at all on his beating up on a comfortably retired,...
I would venture to add the Shakespearean style is directly related to how highly a fighter esteems his own intellect.
By your definition, Larry Holmes was never the heavyweight champion, Alexis Arguello challenged Aaron Pryor for a million dollars worth of blue...
