I can’t with clear conscious pick against Roberto Duran in this fight at lightweight. He was a near-irresistible force and the guy I think most...
Deleted much of your post so people can hopefully see the last line, which is what I wanted to respond to. There’s a period in the late...
Didn’t he fire Futch after the first fight with RJJ? (Or they split over money issues, something like that?) On the one hand, Eddie’s game plan...
No idea. In a small way, I guess he’s the Pat Lawlor of his generation.
The final Tunney-Greb fight. In truth, it’s probably some very one-sided fight that ended in a KO.
Yeah, Marvin held onto the 15-round ideal for a minute, but most of the article you quote is about Hearns being pressured. Not a word about the...
I’m sure Zale would find pockets of success, but the best Leonard in the mid-150s imo would just be too much for Tony, who was never as savagely...
Come to think of it, not sure I have either. Conteh also had a gifted left hand, although I gather maybe because he had to develop it more due to...
I’m saying that is as likely myth-making excuse — yeah, Liston probably was in really good shape, but the notion that the fight was delayed and he...
I don’t take it as we have to use Leonard of Hagler. I think Ray is just a higher-class fighter than Zale, who is too easy to hit for him. The...
Yaqui had one of the most deft and educated left hands I’ve ever seen. He could do anything with it, and it seemed so natural. Always wondered if...
So a guy with one fight in five years has some sparring sessions? That’s an ‘advantage’? You think Marvin didn’t spar all those years? Does Ray...
What size was the ring in all of Hagler’s other fights? If it was smaller, does that mean Hagler had ‘every advantage’ and thus his title wins are...
This all presupposes that it’s not Victor’s handlers calling the shots with their WBA buddies. He had his own hand-picked ref and chief judge at...
Then turn down the fight outright. Or negotiate for it in your contract. Don’t leave the champion and paying fans standing there waiting for you...
