The thing about Howard and boxing (and all the sports he covered) was that he researched and had information for the viewer that has often lacked...
You have something here. Fleisher and the Ring mag didn't have Ali in their top ten at the time of his death in 1972, and later Ring top tens...
Dead wrong. I cannot recall a scribe at the time in any of the publications that had Ali anything but laid out on the mat as a result. The...
Ron wasn't green when he fought Quarry having already beaten contenders Middleton and Mathis along with a number on the fringes, and Jerry's wins...
Did Jerry get cut often? In Frazier 1 he did and in Ali 1 he did via what is thought a head butt, but did he otherwise? He was stopped in the...
Well, Hagler seemed to just get old in this bout, and maybe less smart also. He pretty much gave away the first two rounds by trying to look the...
Wise words sir.
Would have Esteban DeJesus have dumped the middleweight Duran twice as he did when Roberto had the frame of a 135 pounder? Of course not, how the...
Berbick didn't have the anything to beat Ali at any stage except when he had no buisiness being in the ring anymore.
A good post, well said sir!
Hi Burt, I saw recently you spoke of Sam Taub on the radio when you were kid! I only knew him later through the Ring magazine and sure would have...
I agree with you. I've seen your posts for a long time now and your a respected boxing poster here like Burt, try to ignore this kid and...
Why does there always have to be one ignorant not about anything idiot like you in this forum,,,,
I want to be careful to talk about Gil only with the respect as a boxing man he deserves, and George did take improvements from him as you stated....
Mercante sr. He had a specific method of scoring each round that I've adhered too every since reading it many years ago. He broke each round...
