Bob Pastor was knocked down 6 times in the first round by Turkey Thompson and came back to win a decision.
Aside from running into a huge punch from Curry (an underrated puncher in his day), Benitez was quite dominant against 140 lbers. Sometimes he...
Before round 5 there's an advertisement which says "January 1956" so I reckon it's their second fight which took place in December 1955.
Whenever I've been told that Foreman would have won an immediate rematch with Ali, I point them to this. He was really unstable here but as a...
Don caught Marciano here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RcWezyJm38 4:40
Sanders to me always seemed to have a naturally thin frame but with his "diet" and training habits carried around 20 pounds of excess weight. In...
Reggie Johnson said that he only two fighters who truly beat him good were Roy Jones and Antonio Tarver.
Joe Louis. Count on it.
I would rate his offense above his defense. When he focused on doing either he was great at it, but wasn't necessarily able to "mix" both his...
I've seen two films of him against the resident "tough guys" of the era, Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast. Moran picked Nelson apart in a big way,...
Marciano might allow Baker to look good for a few rounds, sensational in fact if Baker is really able to put those combinations together, but...
One fight I wish we had seen is Floyd Patterson vs Harold Johnson. Johnson actually won a decision over the great Ezzard Charles, a close one...
Norton is the bigger, stronger and better boxer as far as I'm concerned. Looking at the 13th round against Holmes, you'd think Norton had an iron...
Valdes vs Marciano would have been like Marciano chopping down a tree. Whatever you say about Valdes, the guy was tough! I believe Baker vs...
Good to hear but there is too much debate on the Klitschko brothers at Classic.
