As I recall, Ali didn't try to do much at all until the sixth round. As soon as he flurried, he cut Cooper to the quick and the fight was over....
Don't know if Tyson fits the "swarmer" category. I always thought so, but what do I know? Recent threads seem to have parsed the category rather...
From an earlier time when I was more active in posting to this forum: Jack Johnson had a lot of guts to stand up to white America in 1910. Just...
Right on about Ray, especially his entertaining performance in the ring. But he is just an all-around quirky guy.
Exactly!
I think the talent pool for boxing in the old days was much larger than it is now. Nowadays, there are so many more avenues for athletes to pursue...
Broken jaw against Machen? That's the first I ever heard of this. You must mean his first fight with Marty Marshall in 1954 That took place when...
Just for fun watch this 1901 clip of Jim Jeffries sparring for the cameras against an unnamed partner. Lots of upper body movement and ability to...
Mike Gibbons, Billy Petrolle, Jimmy McLarnin, Tony Canzoneri, Joey Giardello, Billy Graham,
Exactly, and perfectly stated.
Even assuming you are correct, the Ali who defeated Foreman was nowhere near in skill-level to the Ali before his three-year banishment. That Ali...
I agree with this. But I think it was not just the doing of the contenders or even their managers. I think the WBA commissioners and the promoters...
I disagree. Liston was too far past it to defeat Frazier or Ellis. By that time, he was avoiding the top guys in the division anyway. Look at what...
Ali's broken ankle or severe damaged tendons in an ankle.
I have no doubt that McNeely would have made a better fight against Tyson than Rademacher (whose career as a self-promoter/boxer I greatly...
