Just curious... is there any way to objectively determine, if something like punching power has evolved (or not) over the years?
Depends on how far back we go. I think most unbiased observers will agree, that boxing skills pre WW1 left a lot to be desired! In my opinion,...
The questions are getting weirder and weirder here on Classic! Anyway... an 800 lbs Tyson would obviously crush Ali like a bug - no matter how...
Probably just as many who think modern fighters suck!
Yep - you got it!
Surely a lot more fans are watching boxing today, globally, than (for example) back in the 1920s - which many consider the heyday of the sport?
World champs who turned pro after their 30th birthday: Amnat Ruenroeng 32 Shiming Zou 31 Giacobbe Fragomeni 31 Maselino Masoe 30 Simphiwe Nongqayi 30
NO WAY they can steal this from Bivol!
Can't think of a less intimidating nickname than "Orchid Man" Carpentier. Also "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom doesn't sound too dangerous!
Inoue looks a bit special!
As long as there's boxing, I'll be watching - though if every fight card included a Vitali-Briggs fight, I might change my mind. It doesn't happen...
Close to 49-0 but not quite getting there: Lee Sala 48-0 Patrizio Oliva 48-0
I take it, you refer to the 1980 Warsaw plane crash. This made me think... who was the future top pro (world champ?), who should have been on the...
Former WW champion Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis, who retired in the 7th round against Denny Dalton... because he badly needed to go to the restroom!...
Bivol hasn't really looked all that impressive in his last two fights - and I have been wondering, if that has been on purpose? The talk of a...
