Courage was a fraud HBO wanted to perpetrate on the public but they couldn’t prop him up long enough to get him to main event status. Big puncher...
Sonny was an undesirable. In the eyes of the public, he either did or at least may have thrown one or two fights for the heavyweight championship...
To many in today’s world, ‘calling out’ someone has the promotional weight of an offer, lol. (Of course they usually actually want the other...
He ruined a lot of fans when he beat Kovalev twice. Some of them still haven’t recovered.
And went 2-1 vs. Jorge Ahumada during that rough start to boot. Victor Emilio learned to swim in the deep end of the pool. Jose ‘Pipino’ Cuevas...
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Tell us more: how many days a week you go, what kind of workout you do, how often you spar, whether you’ve had a fight or not yet, etc. I’d also...
Pretty good story here that details his background, from manslaughter conviction to learning to box in prison to why he was walking around with...
I think last time I did such a list that I had Henry second behind SRR. He’s arguably the most accomplished in boxing history in owning the...
I’ve not seen it start to finish but I am familiar with the ending exchange (which was basically a never-ending exchange) and it’s amazing....
The first I heard of him (and probably true for most) is when he split Muhammad Ali’s lip in sparring (as noted in the OP) in 1980. Ali grew a...
How long have you been at it in this gym?
I used to do it when I had a house (now live in an apartment). Great workout. But these days, some ‘experts’ will tell you punching foam ‘sticks’...
Muhammad Ali on Angelo Dundee: “He’s one of the best in the world. You see, a real TRAINER, when he gets a real fighter, he don’t have to train...
It’s not exactly new but over the last decade or two across all things you’re either the best over or you’re crap. There seems to be no in between...
