I'm aware of that, and it certainly would've been risky for Floyd to challenge Marciano. However, Rocky would also have taken a risk by accepting...
Disagree. Canelo Alvarez has been a superb fighter. Stiff puncher, excellent boxer and counterpuncher, good defensively and tough as shoe leather....
In the four years from 1951 to 1955, photographs and films appear to show a rapidly aging body. Helped along by his hair loss, he looks like a...
Holyfield hits harder? I think not, but I agree it's a good matchup. I favor Rocky -- especially 1951-53 Rocky when he was at his strongest. Big...
They played "Sunny" at his funeral.
It's true that Machen went into the Liston fight unable to fight with his right hand. He courageously fought Sonny using only his left. Nobody in...
What is your source that Ali and Liston became friends after their two fights? I never heard or read that.
Jack McKinney, a 1960s radio talk show host in Philadelphia was an oft-quoted source on Liston, (Methinks too oft.) So Jack McKinney told that...
He had only recently started on the downside but his slide was hastened by drinking. overconfidence and lackadaisical training. He was still...
I wasn't aware that '80s boxing fans loved '50s boxing, nor that '40s fans despised boxers of the '50s. How do you figure that?
You think Marciano didn't reach his potential? In my opinion this is a guy who wrung every drop from whatever ability he had. If it's possible to...
Muhammad Ali behaved atrociously in many of his fights. Worse yet, he started the trend of trash talking that has infected all of sports.
At the time Foreman still was seen as a surly thug. It wasn't until after his first retirement from boxing that he learned to manipulate his...
I started watching and reading about pro sports in 1957, and my must-see guys were: Duke Snider, baseball; George Yardley, NBA basketball, Jim...
I'm glad to see that people here respect Harold Johnson for the craftsman he was. I was a teenager during his championship reign when he fought...
