He was matched hard early as you would expect of a no longer young, vastly experienced amatuer great, though some of those guys like Laporte and...
Yeah, it was quite obvious at the time for at least a few years by then that he was losing focus and dedication to the sport in general, it was...
Kostya was on a typical modern world champion fight schedule when he lost that fight. Two defences in '95...three in '96....Phillips was the...
I loved Tszyu as an amatuer, but his style as a pro disappointed me, relatively speaking. He roboticised quickly and became more of a plodding,...
Tiger Kalambay Konadu Kalule Dingaan Thobela Mbulelo Botile Brian Mitchell Poison Kotey Peter Mathebula Azumah Nelson I was always in two minds...
I agree Monzon could have carried the weight frame-wise no problem, unlike Hagler, or at least 168. I only mention him because he's the other...
No doubt Hearns was a monster at the weight. I remember there was also talk of Cuevas balance being affected by not wearing suitable shoes for the...
Don't think Hagler or Monzon had boxer-puncher styles that were suited to retaining enough of what made them truly great to beat genuinely very...
Fascinating historical tradition maybe, but I find it hard to have respect for any contemporary sport where one half of the competitors are forced...
His performance against Hearns has to be one of the worst ever from a long running highly regarded champion against a challenger. It's not even...
John was a fine, tricky mover, not easy to fight, but I thought he was offensively limited. imo, the Marquez fight had a large element of...
I remember getting a lot of stick for cautioning about getting too carried away by performances against the limited opposition he was facing back...
Here's the European Amatuer championships historic medal tallies. 1925-2024. gold-silver-bronze-total Soviet Union 93 35 36 164 2 Russia 71 23...
USSR/post-USSR school of boxing that has fractured into Russia/Ukraine/Kazakhstan, etc, should be seen as a Euro school at its roots they were far...
Nunn being widely seen by those that followed him when he was active as someone who wasted a lot of their talent would probably have kept him out...
