When I first came here I enjoyed these fantasy match ups. The more of them I read the less meaningful they become. No one knows who would have...
"The Greatest" was a self administered nickname. He gave it to himself. I think "The Louisville Lip" was a lot better and more accurate.
I remember the run up to the fight. Ali claimed that Williams' manager had promised Williams a new boat if he won and Williams had invented the...
i don't think we know enough about Johnson to draw any conclusions. His films are few and grainy and hard to tell anything about. People who saw...
I posted early in this thread slightly favoring Liston to win. I've had second thoughts. Rocky had something going for him that doesn't show in...
You may be right. I found this from Liston: I have also seen this coming from Patterson, but I haven't been able to find it this morning when I...
That's not true, unless Patterson told two different versions of the same story.
I'm sure Patterson didn't want the rematch any more than he wanted the first fight with Liston. Patterson was afraid of Liston- scared to death of...
Then the same thing should apply to politicians. None of us have ever ran a country so we should not speak disrespectful of those who do. We...
It didn't have anything to do with the injustice of the Vietnam War. Don't make Ali out to be a champion of right and justice. He wasn't. He did...
He flunked the intelligence tests when he first registered for the draft and was classified 1-Y. By the mid 1960s when Viet Nam was heating up,...
With a little help from friendly judges.
Marciano had thick legs and calves. I don't know if they were as big as Tua's.
Clay claimed a conscientious objector status. He claimed he opposed war for religious reasons. This is a legally valid justification for not...
Liston fought and beat the following men who were top 10 ranked. Folley and Machen were habitually ranked in the top two for most of the late...
