As you probably know but conveniently fail to acknowledge in your post, Patterson defended his heavyweight title against Hurricane Jackson, the...
I'm not sure Ali had the maturity at that stage of his career to beat the pre-Zaire Foreman. As a matter of fact, I doubt it. The post-Liston II...
Patterson-Ingo 2 and 3.
I think Lucifer already has the match signed and sealed. He's just waiting for Evander to check in so a date can be set. The fight figures to be...
Bob Moha, Joe Simonich, Frank Klaus, Gene Fullmer, Roberto Duran at lightweight, Carmen Basilio at lightweight, Billy Petrolle.
I think you've found the most likely piece in the pie.
Glad you made the connection. You understood my point more clearly than I did!
Actually, Holyfield wasn't even a glint in his grandfather's eye when Greb was alive. So it wasn't Greb who ducked Holyfield, it was Holyfield who...
Randy Turpin was plenty strong as a middleweight champion. I see him on a par with Dick Tiger in terms of raw strength.
I also am old enough to remember the younger George!!! I think you maybe give people too much credit when it comes to growth. I think they get...
Larry Holmes comes to mind, although I am not an expert on the details of his life and career.
Murphy was a brawler and he took a lot of punishment even when he won, so he had a short shelf life. He was good while he lasted, but the toll he...
Yes, Suz, I agree, Those WWII fight results have to be taken with a grain of salt! Often, they were taken with an overnight or a day or two shore...
So, who's losing sleep?
You bet, and he very likely would have defeated all of them but he didn't, did he? Charles 1 was a great fight, but the decision was not...