Some of my ideals have been mentioned but they're worth repeating. A reasonable number of weight divisions. 12, for example. One World Champion...
Yes, "It just wasn't in the cards" is my pass. That's what happened. We can't change it. Ali-Foreman II SHOULD have happened in the Spring of '75....
The time and context for the Ali-Foreman rematch was an immediate one the spring of 1975. In this scenario I can picture Foreman still making the...
Senor Pepe is alive and well and posting under the name "Il Duce" over at the Boxrec forum. At least I'm pretty sure they're one in the same. The...
So true. I look at The Ring ratings as pretty reliable, from the the Fall of '79 on. Loubet & Ort were gone by then and Bert Sugar had taken...
"Weaver held the top spot beneath Holmes until he lost it and the WBA title to Dokes. Cooney was ranked #2 by RING when Holmes faced him,...
I'm sure if they'd both had reasonably impressive wins there would have been at least some discussion about a fourth fight. But that's too big of...
Which publications listed the heavyweight title as vacant during Holmes' reign? The Ring recognized Holmes as champ after Weaver beat Tate, though...
How close? I think Frazier mentioned something to the press in August 1977 about wanting Ali a fourth time and it was picked up by the newspapers...
I don't really find much fault with Holmes and his reign. He was a great champion. I think any shortcomings had to do with boxing economics and...
Tyson ducked Tim Witherspoon. Just kidding. Mike Tyson was the Elvis Presley of boxing. For the first few years of his career, as a young man,...
So is the Norton fight.
In terms of general public recognition, I'd say Mike Tyson was the most overrated. I think they looked at him as an unstoppable monster without...
I posted this over at BoxRec: Re: Middleton's ranking - Following this bout Ring ranked Larry #9. He rose to #8 and then #7 in the Spring of 1972...
As I understand it, that March 1975 fight was supposed to be Foreman - Bonavena. Then Foreman pulled out so it became Norton - Bonavena. Then...
