Every time I see Beristan's name mentioned I am reminded of a special about a then upcoming fight, I'm guessing the last Pac - JMM fight....
For me, fighting inside is fighting close to the other person. That can happen with/to anyone. Sometimes neither fighter is skilled on the...
In the first fight, I had Johansson winning the first two rounds prior to the 7 knockdown third round. IJ 20, FP 18 after two rounds. In the...
Knowing now what happened to Kid Akeem after the fight I don't want to sound like I enjoyed seeing someone get hurt, but I don't know if I've ever...
Another good selection for FOTW. I didn't know anything about either fighter but after watching the fight I did some research and found that both...
Since you mentioned SRL, I thought of the Fight of the Week this week of SRL - Hearns 2. I remember watching the fight and thinking that both...
I haven't read the entire thread so they might have been mentioned already, but Championship Boxing by Jack Dempsey was good. In the book, the...
I scored it 5-5-2 in rounds with Hearns winning by 2 points because of the knockdowns. I had the first two rounds EVEN, I scored...
I scored the fight for Harada 71-65, giving him 1-5,7,11,13,14,15, scoring 6 EVEN, and giving Jofre 8,9,10,12. I wouldn't argue if someone...
greynosoold's next post, #298 is also excellent. Watching the feet is used by a lot of good boxers and mostly eliminates the boxer being fooled by...
I liked Briscoe's aggression and that he went to the body. Valdes wasn't as aggressive, but his inside punches were tighter and when he flurried...
Luis Ortiz at 6-4,240, left handed, with his amateur background would be the most avoided fighter in history prior to maybe the 90s, but probably...
I agree with you about Weaver, he seemed to have everything physically. Enough speed and quickness, power, boxing skills, jab, stamina, etc., he...
Who were the two other sparring partners after Holmes? Was the smaller one Eddie "Bossman" Jones and the big one Roy Williams? Holmes looked...
I scored this one for Mike Weaver 146-141 or 9-4-2, but most of the rounds could go either way and I scored them for MW because he was the...
