From near the start of Patterson's first championship reign he was criticized for the quality of his opponents. In the press it was a constant...
Mike was badly overmatched. That would've been true if they had fought earlier.
Evander Holyfield wouldn't survive going toe-to-toe with Sonny. He would have to find another way, maybe like Machen fought him but with two hands.
Okay. I was wondering whether I had ever copped a wobble. (I drove a cab for years. It could have happened.)
His chin is fine, it's his balance when he gets hit a few times in succession. Pug, what does it mean to cop a wobble?
A lot of criticism was leveled at Patterson for taking easy fights when he was champ (Jackson, Rademacher, London, Harris, McNeeley). The...
Leonard would love to knock Fullmer out in the first round just to prove he's far greater than everyone already thinks. He goes into this fight...
Not much. He had a less than stellar day against Mildenberger but he still stopped him and if they'd had a rematch Ali would've won easily. His...
A fight of the decade candidate!
Brilliant matchmaking. Anyone who watched Carmen's two fights with Tony DeMarco has a pretty good idea what kind of brutal fight this could be....
A guy who had fought Ali told me he was a good puncher. It was Ron Lyle.
Absolutely 100 percent agree. Patterson is p4p one of the very greats.
I suppose Mike DeJohn, then Patterson or vice versa. Maybe Ali comes after or before Floyd. It's true that not many of Liston's opponents were...
The Schmeling fight showcased his hard right-hand punching and his disdain for sportsmanship.
It's from my old memory of listening to that 1962 title fight. I was 14 and in shock at the knockout -- I remember trembling -- for I was an...
