Rock-solid and iron-jawed welterweights from the 50s and 70s respectively. Who wins and why?
Seriously, who are the four twonks who voted ‘yes’?
Dempsey is a tough one. I get why contemporaries rated him so highly - he had a huge impact on the sport - it’s a bit like Tyson, hard to separate...
Jimmy McClarnin nailed it. Wins over Tony Canzoneri and Lou Ambers - what a way to finish!
Hagler probably could have retired after the Hearns fight - it wouldn’t have impacted his legacy negatively at all, possibly would have enhanced...
Good fight - scored it very recently.
Wilfred Benitez v Harold Weston 1 Went back to 1977 to watch then-junior welter champ Wilfred Benitez, still only 18 years old, against wily...
Just scored Weston v Benitez 1 and had it by a single point to Benitez, but it was one of those fights that almost every round was close....
Bumping this thread as I was going to start a Harold Weston Appreciation thread myself. Beautiful, smooth and pure boxer who came up in a tough...
He’s top 10, no doubt about it.
I should have said greater perhaps. It’s debatable but I think Chang and Carbajal had the two best title reigns in the division’s history. I think...
The puncher vs the swarmer is exactly right, Flo! At their respective peaks, I think these are probably the two best light flyweights ever....
Great post, @Saintpat!
The US magazines refused to recognise the WBO title in its early years and often pretended it didn’t exist. As far as I’m concerned, the IBF...
I had it 146-139 Holyfield.
