Cooper outsmarted him. Ali pulled straight back from an opponent's jab- he did the same thing against Norton years later- so Cooper jabbed. Ali...
At that point Ali didn't have legs to move; he would fight like he did against Foreman and hope that this big dummy would fight like that big...
To be honest, defense and chin wouldn't play much of a role. There would be about 18 punches thrown and, if anybody got hit on the chin, it would...
It goes deeper than that, just about every trainer speaks his own language if he has been at it long enough. There have been many times I have...
He says that the most that he has seen was a fighter gain and lose 44 pounds in 4 weeks. The fighter that he is speaking about, i was with him...
My father's favorite fighter was fritzie Zivic- my father was born in 1925 in the same neighborhood as Zivic, and we are all of the same national...
I asked my partner about the most weight that he has seen a fighter gain and lose between fights, in the shortest time frame. When he responds I...
No, and he did. Dempsey 1234 was in the Taylor camp during the Chavez fight- he was in charge of procuring sparring for Taylor. You would be...
Why do you think that Baer wanted a rematch?
He didn't want one. Chavez hurt him in that fight. Also, he came into camp for the Chavez fight at 190, so he moved up in weight. He only came...
No, it isn't. It is a result of a change in the rules. A 160 pound man is a 160 pound man. That used to be a middleweight but now, because of a...
It would be a fan friendly fight.
I think that Jimmy McLarnin made it to his late 90s.
Arguello was featherweight champion, too. In fact, Ruben Castillo fought Arguello for the 126 pound title and, less than 90 days later, fought...
What damaged Taylor was the beating that Chavez put on him. It was Steele that made him look like a gargoyle and bleed internally.