I scored this one a few years ago, @Saintpat, and had a similar points margin fo you. There were some great fights in 1979 - this,...
2010s: Orlando Salido v Francisco Vargas Juan Manuel Marquez v Manny Pacquiao 4 Francisco Vargas v Takeshi Maura Akira Yaegashi v Pornsawan...
Thanks man! I might make some tweaks. And 1940s is hard because so little of it is on film relative to the subsequent decades. Having a go at...
Ok, first stab at it from 1950s-2000s. Some great fights I’ve missed off and not happy with the order in a few cases. Could easily change the...
Nearly done. Will post shortly.
Do you want an ordered list?
Loved the Hagler write-up, Matt. Captured perfectly what made him so great. I always think the first Hamsho fight showed him at his best (even...
Regarding the scoring thing, it’s always worth remembering that judges get one shot and just like when we score a fight, they can have an...
The first went longer but the second was for a world title and had the higher stakes. Which do you think was better and why? And please vote for...
I used to read Pro Wrestling Illustrated and other nerdy mags like that in my teens. As you can imagine, I was quite a hit with the ladies…
In the Gomez post, it says he was lineal super bantamweight champion from 1977 to 1981 but he held the title until the end of 1982, his last...
This is a symbolic gesture, much like when the WBC awarded Rubin Carter an honorary world title years after he was imprisoned or calling Adrien...
I agree. I don’t think I would call him the best light heavyweight of all time, at least not resumé or achievement-wise, but when you look at all...
I like Valdez here.
Bienvenido a ti, @JhonOrt, que pareces tener un excelente conocimiento del boxeo. Btw, has anyone else’s text started showing up in Spanish?
