I'm thinking it might be a segment they used to play on USA Network's Tuesday Night Fights (???).
Gonna bump this thread I started some time ago...
I'll zero in on this one point. Going in to the Ali fight, Young was ranked only behind Norton and Foreman, and depending on the ratings source,...
He certainly had me glued to my TV set for a few years. In no way am I comparing Ray Mancini to Butterbean (nor Michael Moorer). Perhaps there...
Yeah, Ray Mancini was pretty famous. Which is ultimately what gets you into the Hall of Fame. Butterbean'll be in before Moorer.
I didn't know about Michael Dokes' drug problems at the time, but I'd assumed Gerrie Coetzee wouldn't be able to pull it off against Dokes. He's...
Yep. I think the show is broadcast from a Washington DC PBS affiliate. I came across it a few months back while channel surfing and kinda went,...
To be honest, I don't know for sure. I suspect he got input from staffers, but I'm sure he was largely responsible for Ring's ratings. Years...
Thanks! Fleischer had some funny ideas. I used to think Ring's ratings were rock solid through his tenure, but as I've learned and studied more...
And yet in a few months' time Fleischer would have Liston re-enter the top ten, settling in at #3 or #4 for nine months. I guess I should credit...
A forum search should result in several good theories. Mine is that the timelines didn't work out, between Foreman's inactivity and Ali's...
Liston and Tyson were dominant before they became (lineal) champs. Liston only had one successful defense; Tyson only two.
He's a famous boxer. He belongs in the boxing hall of fame. He probably doesn't belong in the boxing hall of extraordinary achievements.
I sometimes wonder what would have happened had they met for a third time in the autumn of 1968 or in 1969. I don't think we'd be seeing a third...
Using The Ring as a guide, Ali first landed in the rankings in the March 1962 issue (ratings as of 1/23/62) at #9 His Ring ranked opponents, at...
