Sonny Liston- I've heard people claim he was past prime but there is no reason to believe this. There was no indication that he was slipping. He...
I always liked Holmes. I was only 3 1/2 when he beat Ken Norton... so I grew up watching Holmes during his HW World Title reign. He didn't get...
Come on now Bummy... you have no problem with M. Spinks winning the HW World Title from Holmes in a close fight... but Holmes can't regain the...
Honestly, a case can be made either way in their first fight. In the rematch I felt Holmes won by a wide margin. It was a robbery in my...
Haye has some good wins at HW but he doesn't fight often enough. Before he moved up to HW for good, he got credit for cleaning out the CW...
That may be true but this is a H2H fight we are talking about. Charles is my favorite fighter of all-time but I'm not sure about this one....
Ernie Shavers gets mentioned a lot. He was a fan favorite, huge puncher, nice guy, fun to watch. He was far from a technical master and he was...
There was a time when Ken Norton was considered "The People's Champion" by a lot of people. Following his loss to George Foreman in early 1974...
You are right, he was past prime... my point is that when he was in his prime he never fought 3 decent fighters in a row... and that's why he...
I'm not convinced. Tucker went 34-0 (29) 1NC prior to facing Tyson. He had beat Buster Douglas for the vacant IBF HW world title, WTKO10. The...
...or maybe I should watch it again. I think I will
True. 3 close fights vs. Ali (1 win), a close loss vs. Holmes, and a close win over Young. A case can be made that he didn't lose any of these...
What? Can I help you with something sir? That's how I saw those two fights. The first fight was close and it was in Kalambay's home country of...
It's Holyfield. He beat these Lineal HW Champs- 1. Douglas 2. Foreman 3. Holmes 4. Bowe 5. Moorer 6. Tyson x2 7. Rahman He also drew with...
Lineal at any point... not just when they lost to this fighter.