I think it’s revealing that in a poll of 80 individual responses on a site for serious boxing fans, 85% have gone with Leonard.
Leonard’s first career as a welterweight was between February 1977 and February 1982. In that five year period, he went 32-1, including wins over...
Purely on the basis of fame, no. That generally seems to be the IBHOF’s criteria.
If you like that sort of word play, here’s a thread I think you’ll enjoy: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/boxers-who-were-fruits.655385/
Finally got round to watching this. Crazy fight where both men looked like they could have been stopped but Norkus was definitely the bigger and...
A few to start things off: Joe Louis v Billy Conn 1, 1941 (heavyweight) Around 20 minutes of good quality highlights. The complete fight must...
A thread to discuss some of the great fights in boxing history that have some footage (highlights or extended highlights only) available either...
@Flo_Raiden, @George Crowcroft, @scartissue, @Dynamicpuncher and any others who might be interested…
Thanks for the heads up - good little article. “The sad part of the all-action bout was that no full-length film was made of it because promoter...
Brandon Rios v Urbano Antillon This one popped up in my YouTube feed and I immediately clicked on it. I didn’t remember the fight or the result...
Exactly, Sal. The footage, despite the poor quality, really stands up to the claims of it being a great fight. I always thought that if there was...
What did you think of the 8th round, Matt? I know that Taylor was given extra time by the ref and he looked out on his feet but he came back hard...
I was randomly searching for a couple of fights on the vague off-chance that somebody had uploaded them and I came across highlights of this...
Galindez for my money. Cracking fight, obviously.
Lightweight contender Jimmy Carter lost a ten round decision to Percy Bassett and won the world title in his very next fight against Ike Williams.
