Excellent parallel. :good
Take all the former HW champs, put them in a 1/2 acre cage with gloves on. No kicking, no wrestling, no low blows, no elbows, no hitting from...
Patterson was psyched out in those two fights. Maybe he wouldn't have been as terrified if he had met Liston in 1965 or 1966. On the other hand,...
I'm not sure I agree. He was definitely fun to watch and possessed footwork I never saw before or since. I think he was a tad overconfident and...
It was an excellent fight- one of my favorites. The greatest moment in boxing history? I don't know why it would be. Why was it greater than...
Good answers. I can't totally disagree with any of them. I think Liston would have lost in his first defense after the second Patterson fight,...
If Clay/Ali had never existed, how long would Liston have lasted as HW champion? Who would have beaten him? Here are some names to consider:...
Ali studied Foreman. He said he watched the Foreman- Frazier fight a number of times. The main thing he took away from it was that Foreman was...
Right. He was on about the same level as Al Sharpton is today- maybe a few rungs lower.
That isn't quite the way it happened. The Supreme Court did not rule that Ali's claim to be a conscientious objector was valid. It ruled that the...
George Foreman claims that Frazier told him that Ali's calling him an Uncle Tom hurt the most. He [Frazier] said that now his wife thinks when...
Max Schmeling. Schmeling risked his life by hiding two Jewish children in his home during Kristallnacht. He later saw to it they escaped Germany...
Ed "Too Tall" Jones Mark Gastineau Alonzo Highsmith All were former NFL players who turned to professional boxing. Did anyone ever see them...
I watched the Rumble in the Jungle yesterday. I had seen it before but it had been years. I have some questions for those who know boxing a lot...
I agree with Tunney. I also agree with Larry Holmes, although Holmes is starting to get the recognition he deserves. I'll throw in Max Baer.
