@Mastrangelo I wonder if there’s a way to track down what the next round of fights would have been in the aborted USA championships put on by ABC...
RJJ by shutout. Maybe late stoppage if the ref is squeamish. Roy Jr would lump up Victor’s face and maybe open his scar tissue, carving him up...
The incredible thing about it to me was what Iran was willing to wade through to get to throw the KO punch. The body lacing Hearns put on Barkley...
You nailed that. I saw Julian KO someone in one round on an afternoon undercard in Atlantic City (underneath Azumah Nelson-Lupe Suarez) on a King...
Nice call on that hook off the jab — upstairs or down, it was a thing of devastating beauty. People love Hearns for his power but we all know...
I always rooted for Sweet Saoul. He was, as you noted, so adaptable and also just a competitor. Even if he was losing every round he was trying to...
Need to know temperature, humidity, dew point and barometric pressure. Above 160 pounds, Ray was susceptible to atmospheric conditions.
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I’ll go with best (in my opinion of course) rather than greatest, because that can be inclusive of a lot of things too hard to define. Heavy:...
As to the lower part of your post, I think you’re right — I think Ali made calculated decisions on how high he could rev the RPMs on his body and...
A couple of mine: Pernell Whitaker is a nightmare matchup for most anyone at 135 pounds, and most of all for Roberto Duran. Sweet Pea is someone...
Do you know how easily one could get injured flopping to fake a foul that didn’t happen? Not to mention the possibility of a goalie getting a...
Terry Norris vs Luis Santana
Oliver McCall was arrested in July 1996 and went into rehab. He was out of rehab and would have been, presumably, fit to fight had he not, in...
Not really arguing where Evander should be ranked, but it’s insane how guys talk about him in the Best I Faced interviews that The Ring did....