I don't agree that Ali was good defensively. He did everything wrong. He got hit too hard and often later in his career because he ignored the...
I agree. Boxing lesson. Possible late round KO.
I recall that by 1962 Liston was already called slow and unable to put combinations together like Patterson, of having no foot speed and knowing...
If the Valdes-Liston fight was televised on ABC, is it possible a kinescope or some kind of video exists somewhere?
Almost immediately after getting knocked out by Liston in 1962, a possibly groggy Patterson told a radio audience that Sonny was "too fast." I...
SuzieQ: I'm happy you made this post. I'd never read this much detail about the Valdes fight, which I've long wondered about. The accompanying...
What I learned from growing up in the Liston-Patterson era was that losing is inevitable. Even the greatest fighters will lose eventually. If...
Ruby Goldstein, Charley Goldman, Mike Rossman
Terrell is a bad match for almost anyone. Sonny doesn't need this match in 1966. He's better off in Sweden where the broad jumping is even bettter...
Absolutely correct.
Patterson had too much class for Williams. A perusal of Williams's record shows he was fed a steady diet of inferior opponents. In a career that...
Ideally this takes place pre-war 1933-34 but Baer beating Schmeling might've killed it off.
Schmeling was methodical and strategic. We know how he studied Louis and planned his attack. He would attempt to do the same with Primo. Sharkey...
Honestly, Ney, I can't bring myself to criticize Larry Holmes's career for any reason. He didn't have Cassius Clay's advantages. He didn't have a...
