Mathis appeared at #10 in Ring's ratings in early 1968 but fell out after losing to Frazier. I can't help but wonder, though, if he got that...
Here's Ring's ratings going into the Patterson-London fight: The Ring - June 1959 (as of mid April 1959) Champion: Floyd Patterson 1....
Here's the Cobb quote that upset Snipes, as I remember it - Cobb - "I'm proud to be sitting here with some of the baddest (n-word)'s on the...
I don't blame Holmes. I blame Don King and the sanctioning bodies.
If a linear champ retires he vacates the title. Jeffries, Louis, and Ali (twice) were no longer World Champions when they fought Johnson, Charles,...
Briggs was World Heavyweight Champion. Foreman never retired; he never relinquished the title, only nearly worthless organizational belts. No,...
Lewis didn't come in heavy for Klitschko on purpose. Up until two weeks before the bout Lewis thought he was fighting Kirk Johnson, who suffered...
Oh, I totally agree with you. My point was in reference to a previous poster saying "once an ATG, always an ATG" and seemingly making it sound...
I assume you're not saying that because Frazier showed all-time greatness in the FOTC, that by itself makes him an ATG. If one fantastic...
Yeah. While boxing fans may wish C00ney had been in with better opponents & fought more, management did right by Gerry. I'd rate C00ney and George...
I too regard the championship to have been passed from George to Briggs to Lennox. George was a terrible champion and nowhere near the best in the...
As of February 23, 1960 (April 1960 issue & the issue of Ring previous to the Liston-Williams II fight) these were The Ring's heavyweight...
I gotta question the people - managers, trainers, boxing commission officials - who sent Golota into a boxing ring a couple hours after the above...
Thanks! It's going to take someone with money and vision who doesn't have anything else going on (like a presidential run!).
Too bad NONE of the alphabet organizations have stepped up to right past wrongs. They all need to be s****ped and replaced with something better....
