Don't forget that those fights were scored by the rounds system. A knockdown only gave a fighter an advantage if the fight was scored a draw....
My comments on Johansson shouldn't be misunderstood as disparaging. The big factor about Johansson that separates him even from a Sonny Liston or...
Sharkey walks into Quarry without much in the way of defense, which might not be the greatest of ideas.
Nobody ever denied that. It took a peak effort from Floyd to truly nullify Johansson. Fact is though, that Johansson benefited from being...
It would be best to avoid political discussions altogether if you can't handle the frequent personal attacks that go along with such debates.
Well then, suppose he was known for having the power to KO the number 1 contender and the world heavyweight champion in successive fights, but...
You should mention that Sandy Ferguson was 6'3 and weighed over 200 pounds. Walcott knocked down another 6'3, 215 pound fighter Fred Russell.
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Miske was basically a very good fighter. I wouldn't say that Dempsey ever got the better of a prime Miske decisively. He was not the man he used...
I wouldn't be surprised if Ali was doing that in his prime. He was an admitted salesman even as far back as the early 1960's. This early article...
You could say the same about Eddie Machen and Liston. The difference is that Johansson had no such reputation and Machen nor Conn could...
He went undefeated and knocked out great fighters. It's difficult to argue against that.
I wish he had ended it with the KO of Etienne. I guess the win convinced him to soldier on, but Etienne was beaten more so with sheer intimidation...
A simple answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRXu8PyZe8
The only problem I have with this is that almost everybody later on has imitated the trashtalk but only by doing it far worse than the original.
