Sanchez was a great fighter without question but he never , ever fought anyone close to Chavez at 126 to 130 ... the closest was a physically...
Tyson was always on the edge of exploding .. on his first aired fight vs Ferguson in the post fight interview he said he wanted to drive the bone...
Chavez at 130 to 135 has become absurdly underrated because the older version hung on too long and lost his edge way before he retired .. the...
Look we know he was big and strong naturally, likely a terrific natural athlete type, took an exceptional punch but I have no idea if he was a...
Post Frazier 2 he was pushing it and still in his mid 20's ...
Foreman was not in his physical prime at 24 ... he was developing into a very strong 230 pounder by the time he lost to Young ... he may have been...
Would have loved to have seen him meet Ali ... easily could have happened if he made it to his later 80's ...
NP but Duran fought many times over 135 and at or below 140. If my memory holds he was about 138 for the first DeJesus fight ...
A lot of great fighters flew through it fast ... Mayweather, Duran, Chavez, Whitaker .. all to me were better at 140 than 147 if less accomplished...
Ali was known worldwide, Africa, the entire Far East, the Middle East .. he would have packed city streets in Egypt, Uganda, Buenos Aires, ......
Funny I was just watching the first Holyfield Moorer fight and it was so bizarre what was going on w Evander ...
Ali was worldwide larger because of his international crossover Muslim appeal but Tyson was generating much , much bigger money domestically...
I am not arguing the point. You seem to have a problem comprehending that .
I I didn't write he was avoided at all. Clearly there were fighters that felt at his age and stage he was a mark, an easy scalp . I wrote that I...
Interesting post
