I was a kid in the 70's as well and you're right, everybody knew who Muhammad Ali was.
I'll sort it out for you and I'll be in touch.
Thanks for that. I live in Spain and it's the same over here, boxing isn't as popular as it was back in the 60's-70's. You never see any on the tv...
Great post!
Hagler can have all those excuses but at the end of the day Leonard won. Marvin knew in advance it was a 12 rounder he knew it was a big ring....
By the way, welcome to the forum!
Thanks for the insight, my dad is Alan Rudkin that's why I was asking. Curious to how Franco was remembered in his home country. I believe he was...
Do you know anything about Franco Zurlo?
I think you've hit the nail on the head, most of them did fight each other though Frazier Norton might of been interesting.
Talking about McIlvanney on another thread, didn't he say Paduano wore the expression of a man who'd just sucked on an exploding cigar such was...
I remember the fight, waking up in the morning to tell me dad the bad news. He was devastated, He'd sent John a good luck telegram and spoke to...
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Fully agree, that's what I was going to say. I think Mancini coming at Chavez aggressively would just suit Julio and he chews him up.
I watched it live at the time on closed circuit and really thought Leonard had won comfortably. It was areal pro Leonard crowd and I think you can...
I'd go with the Berbick fight. It's just the way he went about it, a 20 year old lad!
