I’ll have to see more from Usyk before I can co-sign on that.
No one, but an in-shape and motivated Fury is without a doubt the closest thing to a serious threat. Peak Lewis has about an 80% chance of...
He certainly might, but I’m betting the other way.
I personally think there’s most likely very little difference either way. The really big unresolved question is in my mind is one of talent pools.
In watching that clip I notice two things, admittedly of very little evidential consequence but worth mentioning: 1) I’d never noticed how much...
Bowe got torn up at close range in the first round against Hyde, until his corner yelled at him to use the jab. In the second round it was as if...
You’re a definitely smart guy, but aside from PED’s I take issue with every single supposed modern advantage you listed. First, there are no...
Beats Quarry, Ellis, and Wepner, loses to the rest. All fights likely to be won (or lost) by UD. Spinks may be somewhat underrated as a...
What exactly was closed circuit TV? Or rather, what did the basic setup look like? I’ve heard a lot of older guys make reference to it but I can’t...
There’s also a “ghosting” effect that often occurs from the frontal lighting of flashbulbs and the grainy quality of old photography, both of...
Not so much strange as trivial and counterintuitive: It seems to me that when two fighters of roughly the same age with comparable records are...
That would make Duva’s meltdown immediately after the stoppage shamelessly disingenuous and hypocritical.
I’ve only seen three or four of his well known signature fights, so this opinion is even more speculative than it has to be, but my guess is he...
I haven’t either but I remember Marvis outboxing Smith pretty conclusively and Tyson looking frustrated and smothered against him (though of...
Could this be the closest to unanimous hypothetical thread of all time?
