I agree most definitely,Fergy. And just a little more workrate would have seen him through to victory in his WBA title bout against Mike McCallum.
Muhammad on points.
I had it 9-5-1 Hagler. Duran put on a really good performance and although he was competitive,there is no way that it was as close as on a couple...
Joe definitely had the ability to beat Gerry - good chin,fast hands when he let them go properly,serviceable jab and stiff right cross....
I like it. John contributed to making the Berbick fight a Saturday Morning Nightmare - not that it needed any input from him to do that - If he...
The favourite eras that I lived through was the early/middle seventies for heavyweights - Ali,Frazier,Forerman,Norton etc. and Holmes just over...
Yeah.....I'll never forget the image of Bundini Brown trying to persuade Angleo Dundee to let Muhammad out for the eleventh round in that Holmes...
Good points although I feel that Muhammad,as complacently as he had trained,was still in better shape for the first Norton fight than he was for...
Hearns would not knock Monzon out quickly as he did a lot of his opponents in the welter and light-middle divisions. He would need to outbox...
I see what you mean,although Muhammad was better in the second Norton and Frazier bouts than he was in FOTC in my opinion.
Good choices.
I know what you mean but Muhammad was just as good in the second Norton fight as he was in the second one with Frazier. Along with the Foreman...
True. Muhammad's face at the end told the story when the scores were being read out. An embarassed half smile crossed his face at the end of the...
I thought of Cus too,Fergy. Lol. The old motivator's ghost coming into Mike corner for the last time. "Mike ya gotta remember that Holmes...
Score for these fights by rounds according to the gospel of Stevie G - Ali-Jones: 6-4 Ali. Ali-Norton II: 7-5 Ali Ali-Young: 8-7 Young...