It's the same old story we all have about all aspects of our lives: "If I'd only known then what I know now, my life would have bee a whole lot...
Well put. Do your bit, and then watch out for yourself. "Slow suicide" is a perfect description
Yes, there's a lot of sad stories out there. It's virtually impossible to single out one over the other.
He was good copy, wasn't he! All you guys who took him seriously just walked into his sucker punch!
Classic -- Joey Maxim Modern -- Lennox Lewis
Maybe not No. 1, though.
Good work! Starting with the Robson fight on April 1, 1908, that makes at least five fights that he fought with TB prior to his death.
A run and/or grab guy. Examples: Grabbers -- Sammy Angott and Rocky Castellani. Runners: Willie Pastrano, Muhammad Ali, Willie Pep, Ralph Dupas,...
Using that type of metric, every fighter quits if they survive the sport to live long enough. Hopefully, they all live long enough to quit in...
Technically, I think both Zale and Cerdan qualify for this category.
He'd kill him for making a fool out of Tyson.
He kept the pressure on and made the fight. All Paz did was run and play pitty-pat, IMO.
Jerry busts him up pretty quick.
Almost everyone who writes about boxing has an axe to grind. Otherwise, they wouldn't be motivated to write at all.
I think Greg won the third fight with Paz also. Vinnie was all show. Watch it again without Pacheco biased commentary.