Razor Ruddock - While Lewis didn't "come out of nowhere", Ruddock was favored based on his showings vs. Dokes & Tyson, while Lewis was untested...
For comparison's sake, some common opponents: Jack O'Halloran: Lyle - KO 4; Norton - W 10 Larry Middleton: Lyle - KO 3, W 10 (UD); Norton - TKO...
I've been studying the heavyweights of the 1970's lately. Other than the FOTC, these are the instances in which top 10 heavyweights fought each...
It was a nice tripleheader. Are these fights out there on the collector's circuit? I'd think a card with this many names would be, considering it...
When I was a kid on a big fight night I tuned in to the local country music station. They would run round by round reports of the big fights from...
Aren't the judges' cards turned in after each round & thus they can't change previous rounds? Or is that a more recent innovation?
I don't know. It's crazy, isn't it? Seems like maybe a couple of years ago I was watching the 84 Olympians debut on prime time network tv. Not 30...
30 since 84!
So was it Arum who pushed for Tate to fight Weaver? I recall quite a lot of talk in early 1980 of Tate - Ali, with hopes of putting it on during...
^ Excellent post. Spot on. Tate certainly was fed to the wolves early on; fighting undefeated Walter Santemore and Eddie Lopez in fights 4 and 5....
No one particular fight for me either. Instead it was the aura of Ali in 1976 or so. My earliest boxing memory is my dad tuning in to watch...
Seemed like there was a lot of draws in big Don King fights for a while. Afterward Don would be going, "Gotta have a rematch!" Things like that...
I recall that some woman involved in Jerry's final ill-advised bout - maybe she was a state athletic commissioner or something - said after...
It's definitely nice to see who's bubbling under the top 10.
