I go along with the rugged 15 round veteran Buchanan, but I don't see Ed pulling it off over the championship distance. The 5'4-1/2" DeJesus...
That's absolutely my interpretation of Gene's meaning. Tunney shouldn't be expected to be referring to his jab in this context. Countering was...
Max would be the ring general in this one. He'd succeed at imposing his counter-punching preference over Jerry's, then his superior stamina,...
The flip side is that Tunney said he only got in four or five clear hard shots at Jack's chin in 20 rounds of action. Abe Attell, to my mind,...
Tommy Gibbons: "Don't let anybody tell you Jack can't box. He knows all the tricks!" There's no film of his four round 1922 performance against...
I don't think Ali was either, preferring to build up anticipation for his redemption patiently. After the FOTC, I suspect Joe expected he wouldn't...
Rocky did take some heat for turning his back on Joe after the bout. As it turns out, Marciano didn't want Louis to see him crying, but yeah, he...
Given the opportunity, I don't think Muhammad would have opted for an immediate shot at Frazier in 1970. He knew he was rusty and out of shape,...
Something else to consider is that he was always burrowing in with that "Briscoe Trot," looking to bury that hook to the body (an excellent punch...
Shommel, we do have footage of Billy competing against perhaps the most prominent southpaw champion of his era in Bettina. Melio the Mighty was a...
Ali-Young has been discussed before. I suggested creating a monumental thread, or threads, where each of the individual rounds is posted, then...
Pintor was his Manila. Of those bouts not previously mentioned, he did get bloodied up in his defense against Duran's professional debut opponent...
Actually, the big bucks were no longer there with Dempsey having retired, Jack not being interested in risking his eyes for a third match. Had he...
Tom Brookshier and Ken Norton made repeated note of the difficulty Earnie had punching up to Tiger's height in that one. Shavers built up an early...
Gene Tunney's best career performance came in his swan song, against his heaviest opponent, Tom Heeney. We just don't know how much better Gene...
