Well i thought Beatle won best quote but you have pipped him there. ''IF'' George has a chance?...WTF. Seriously, if this fight was made today...
My god, i have read some nonsense on these boards but you really take the biscuit with that quote. It's all very well people saying Marciano...
Jim, just curious if you would pick anyone or anything over Rocky? Ali? Louis? Tyson? U.S.S. Nimitz, with a full complement of F14 tomcats? :-)
^^^^^^^ What he said. Plus on top of all that, given the choice, i know which one i would rather be.
Hagler himself says he was in terrific shape in this interview. Interesting to hear him talk about the Hearns fight....
Yep and even in exile he would be quicker than Billy :-)
Again, can we class a 21yr old Ali as being prime? Using those criteria, can we judge a 23yr old Holmes losing to Nick Wells as being prime? I...
Well Conn certainly did and this was a much more experienced Louis, plus we all know Cooper & Jones were a few years before Ali's prime.
Just watched the Louis v Conn fight again and i just don't see Joe surviving against a Prime Ali if he carried his left that low. As others...
See what Tyson himself says on the subject @ 4.10 in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF17mkqyf44
By worked up i mean edge of your pants anticipation, biting your finger nails waiting for the first bell with absolutely no idea who was going to...
Good shout ! Sadly it will probably be many years before we get any more like the above.
Now that is one very clever statement, i think i'm getting your drift McGrain.
Come on guys, i'm not saying he beats the very best, whatever colour their skin may be but he sure as hell would give it a go and add some fireworks.
I'm going to make an honest admission here. For a long time i never gave Jack Dempsey enough credit but by christ we could do with him in this...