At his peak Machen was excellent, the blowout by Johanssen really derailed his career though. I have been reading the autobiography of British...
Probably the only good heavyweight Ali did not meet in his career, though I would certainly favor Ali to beat him. Nevertheless Martin fought a...
I think you are a bit confused here, Cooper halted Hubert Hilton in 2 rounds. Maybe you mean Roger Rischer ? Whilst not disagreeing with many of...
Thanks for posting those clips, makes it a lot clearer.They seem a combination of a punches & a pushes . Chuvalo doesn't seem to be in any...
Chuvalo denies he was floored by Bonavena, though he would wouldn't he. Interestingly, reports of the fight at the time make no mention of...
Yeah, the Ellis fight was again typical, Bugner should indeed have stopped him. Ellis was coming near to the end of the road but it was still a...
From what I remember it was a fairly typical Bugner performance for the period. Duncan was reasonably experienced & not a bad opponent. He had...
I don't recall Mason being as big a household name as Cooper & Bruno, who were known even by non-boxing fans. Doubt many people in the UK would...
Most of the guys Liston fought after Ali were reasonable journeymen, lower end of top 10 & some way short of serious contenders but not complete...
I agree it would have raised Floyd's profile in retrospect ,though I think he would have beaten them both. He did of course, beat Machen...
No disrespect to George, iron chinned for sure but Jowlcol is correct in pointing out he lost most every time he stepped up. I can't agree the...
Very good & informative post. Thank you for the correction re Ernie Knox. The De Piccoli win was a good one as the Italian was tipped for big...
Indeed he put Folley down in one of those fights. I think he retired after one of his opponents, Ernie Cab ? died after fighting him. Good...
No, I don't think so, Machen was in decline as Ali was rising. Machen's last fight was a sad defeat by the very average Boone Kirkman who...
No I think you will find that the version first shown in the UK had Rocky winning.
