He's just a young kid doing his job and earning a few quid. Why's he a fraud, because there's better middleweights in the country than him?...
So what if he did lose to Duran first time round. It was a great fight against a great fighter who was around his peak with bags of experience....
I'd say it is mentioned. I Met him once and mentioned to him that he had the best chin in boxing.
Tells you something about the times when you look at it. It's quite incredible that none of that 5 have fought each other. No wonder we don't know...
I think he's probably come up short. Some people might think his best chance would be back in the days of the small heavies. When you look at it...
There are a couple of copies of "Give him to the angels" on ebay. They're expensive though, one is a first edition at 118 pounds.
It's an unusual question really. Usually it's asked the other way round. Would so and so, a top contender from a past era when there was one champ...
I'll go along with that.
In the case of heavyweights I wonder if it was a case of worse nutrition than better. Some of the more recent ones look as if they've been brought...
I don't get the point of that seeing as Leonard did take on Hearns less than a year later.
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The first 2 Winstone Saldivar fights.
Alright you're right you didn't say it. Can I ask you a couple of questions? I just want to get it clear in my head the points you're bringing...
I preferred BI of the sixties and early 70's until it just seemed to become about the heavies and The Ring was great in the 60's up until the mid...
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