I may have missed his name in this thread, but Charley Fusari was no joke either.
Exactly, Esneault was great at spotting fleet-footed fighters and teaching them skills to take full advantage of their natural talent. Before...
I think I'd agree until my favorite fighter got clocked and needed to hold while his head cleared! Seriously, many fighters use clinching as a...
Yes, I think that if Ali had not been indicted that the fight would not have taken place right away. I don't think Durham was champing at the bit...
Richard, I agree it was fortunate that Frazier did not fight the 1967 version of Ali, but I don't think you can chalk it up to shrewd strategy....
No telling how good he could have been by 2020 if he hadn't up and died.
My thought was that it demonstrated how the overall quality of fighters of that era had degenerated from earlier eras.
No version of Machen stands a chance against Frazier at his best. Machen's success in the Quarry bout has nothing to do with how Eddie would do...
Doug Jones is head and shoulders above all those other guys.
When you base your whole strategy on pushing, it changes the dynamic of the fight. It takes away from the other fighter his right to fight the way...
I agree except that I watch them once in a while strictly for entertainment, not to make a judgment about a fighter's overall abilities. It is...
There have been a lot of them: https://boxrec.com/en/search?p%5Blast_name%5D=sugar&p%5Bfirst_name%5D=&p%5Brole%5D=fighters&offset=75 but Sugar...
Interesting. If Corbett was serious at the time, I bet he changed his mind after watching the Jeffries fight. IMO, Corbett at his best would have...
1 )I agree Tyson would have been more protected as far as who he was matched with, but he also would have been guided better in his personal...
Right, the question to ask for my money is if Cus had lived how great would Tyson have become? A corollary to this is, but for D'Amato would we...
