The Ring - November 1979 as of September 8, 1979 Champion: Vacant 1. Larry Holmes (WBC) 2. Gerrie Coetzee 3. Earnie Shavers 4. John Tate...
The fight was scheduled for June 6, 1998 and was cancelled that day when Akinwande tested positive for hepatitis B. Ray Mercer was to fight Jerry...
Heavyweight Spinks of 85-87 beats the version of Dempsey who fought Tunney and Sharkey but gets KO'd by the monster who fought Willard.
I was hoping this thread would get back on track with anecdotes about Trevor Berbick, but alas...
My knee-jerk response to the original question is "He'd be blasted out early by Tyson." In the nineties and early 00's he'd be about where he was...
I can't believe the US amateur boxing program couldn't find SOMEBODY to represent the USA in the upper divisions. Is it an issue of a lack of...
Here's the "where their opponents were ranked at the time of fight (by Ring)" breakdown. If the opponent isn't listed, they weren't ranked by Ring...
Bumping up a 4 1/2 year old thread here as I find it an interesting topic. Some of these surprises are dulled and understandable with hindsight...
Preaching to the choir here, but Jerry definitely should have stayed retired after Norton. He had a good TV commentary gig going with CBS. It's a...
If memory serves Masters was stripped of the WAA title after he and Pat O'Grady's daughter split up.
Unfortunately I sold off my boxing magazines, something I regret from time to time, so I can't look up fight coverage. I did a Google News search...
Here's what I do in my ratings document: I type in the publication name, the issue date on the cover, and the date the publication states that...
For years Ring's annual ratings grouped fighters - Group 1, Group 2, etc. - as shown in the Montreal Gazette listing. These ratings usually...
I would have like to have seen Liston - Patterson III around this time. Re: Patterson-Bonavena. Patterson didn't beat him convincingly. It was...
You've found the motive for my original post! :D
