Wasn’t Tony Ayala Jr nicknamed El Gran Torino?
I think it’s good to mix up running and sprints, or do intervals (easiest way is run from one telephone pole to the next, jog to the next, run...
Wow, cool stuff. Bronco could fight. Never knew he was a converted southpaw. I’d welcome any sparring stories, as I’m sure others here would.
Tell me more. First guy I think of left hook that I listed is Lupe Pinto(r).
There’s film somewhere of Roy Jr throwing three left hooks hitting the double-end bag in 1 second. RJJ was so fast that commentators would say he...
I thought everybody knew he was Sonny Liston’s twin brother. Both were born in the late 1880s from what I hear. Fantastic and insightful post....
Did this one myself a few years ago. Two of my favorite fighters, but damn, what was Chacon made of? Impossible to dissuade and never, ever seemed...
Shows how ****ed up boxing is that I look back fondly on the days when there were only two belts, when there never should have been more than one.
I got to see him fight live once (at 122) and really like his style. Didn’t play it safe behind his usual reach/height advantage … took it right...
I love this fight and the documentary they made about it.
Not to mention Thomas ‘The Motor City AC Shelby Cobra” Hearns, while we’re at it.
I’d like to see Aaron Pryor vs Colin Jones. I think Jones, like the others mentioned in this thread, probably beats him. Just too big and too...
Gotta say I’m a smidgen disappointed in the lack of responses. I guess everybody walks and bicycles these days.
And Ken isn’t allowed to hit Duran after the bell. You basically want to let him benefit from initiating an exchange by breaking the rules. The...
Ah, the old saying: Pull a tiger’s tail and you better have a plan for the teeth. Ken was doing what Gomer Pyle referred to as ‘messing with...
