Very predictable outcome. Machen wins on points "by a comfortable margin", as they say. Eddie was a strong, athletic guy and he wasn't averse to...
There was a general disgust with Liston. The criminal record, the continuing arrests, the Senate subcommittee hearings, the evasive testimony, the...
Harold Johnson won that fight just as sure as I'm writing this sentence. I've never been more shocked by a decision.
I watched that Johnson vs. Pastrano fight live on television. Sixty years have passed and it remains the worst decision I ever witnessed. I was...
I discount Liston's loss to Marty Marshall because it happened when he was stepping up from preliminaries. He had never faced a slippery and...
A few here have noted that Liston didn't have the best trainers. I don't think anyone taught him early on how to cut off the ring. He just would...
I pick Frazier but I would be nervous betting a lot of money on this fight. The sight of Joe getting floored repeatedly in his two losses to...
This is great stuff everyone here should read.
I think most fans will agree that Patterson was admirable for multiple reasons -- as a fighter and as a man. However, when we talk about greatness...
Floyd gets criticized for fighting too infrequently when he was champ. I believe the US federal income tax laws at that time were the major reason...
That's an interesting comment. Do I understand you correctly? You think that Patterson would have beaten nearly all the heavyweight champs who...
He was one of the more popular heavyweights in history. He continued to draw big cheering crowds until his final bout with Ali. Whenever he fought...
Holly Mims was a middleweight contender in the mid-1950s, then had a long stretch as a spoiler and trial horse who knew the tricks and made good...
Chuck Davey, the welterweight from Michigan who made you want to kick sand in his face, tops my list of unwatchable boxers. Some of his best wins...
