How does one set out to, "cut [Quarry] with a lace"? That's not dirty, that's bad luck. And if Quarry slipped and it was counted a knockdown, how...
:yep There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win. Muhammad Ali
Agreed, though I don't think that a, "man needs an appetite for that kind of thing." Plenty of fighters who boxed for the money, not because of an...
Ah! I see the disconnect here. The thread imagines that any version of Ali steps in fot the 45 round Jeffries fight, as is. I think the...
Thorpe excelled in professional football, baseball and won Olympic gold in the pentathlon and the decathlon in 1912. I brought it up because...
The Eastern Bloc developed in the late 1940's. Why weren't there a plethora of good Eastern European heavyweights before that, in your opinion? Do...
I don't see how you can hold it against Johnson that he was able to finish his fights early. Just because he KO'd most of his opponents early,...
I agree with all of your points except, the 45 rounds might make the difference. Johnson came on stronger as the fight went on. Ali's style is not...
Jim Thorpe: The exception that proves the rule?
I'm going with the notion that they went into boxing early, as opposed to pursuing other sports. Understand, boxing is not offered in most high...
I wonder how J.J. Watt would be as a boxer. Big, freakishly quick and athletic, phenomenal nonstop motor. Anyone think Watt could have fought?
No kidding?!!! I never knew that. Better stick with the day job then! Like Michael Jordan in the Major Leagues... Just not meant to be. :good
I'd love to have seen Ali try out as a receiver or cornerback in the NFL. That might have been something to see! :happy:party:tong
America lost heavyweight dominance in boxing because too many top athletes in the U.S. are choosing other professional sports such as football,...
They weren't as prone to end a fight on cuts in the 1950's, but I know what you're saying.
