What I meant was that if Foster could fight competitively against Ali when Ali outweighed him in '72, that if they did fight pre '60 Olympics,...
Cosell could be obnoxious and biased but he was hard to beat for drama. "That cut is HARR-uble!" (during the Arguello-Escalerra fight)
I've seen a film of him fighting Jimmy McCLarnin. He was old and lost, but he scored a knock down with a sneaky right hand.
I think you are right. Foster threw those twisting shots just like Ali. Both great fighters. Most of the guys who were able to tag Ali did it with...
I never heard that but I've seen film of their pro fight. Foster staggered Ali a few times and cut him. Foster's hand speed was amazing--Ali just...
I think Ali fought his smartest fight in the second on. He kept on the move and tied up Frazier when he got close. Right on about the second...
Great jab--he out-jabbed both Leonard and Benitez. I thought he clearly won the second fight with SRL. In their '81 shoot-out he was way ahead and...
First Ali-Frazier, round 9. Conventional wisdom is that their Manilla fight was tops, but in the '71 fight they were both slinging hooks like...
The Hearns-Benitez fight in '82 in New Orleans. The event was called the Carnnival of Champions. The Wilfredo Gomez-Lupe Pintor fight on the...
Great article on Gans. Do you know what newspaper it came from?
