I think I've told this story here before, but I was in the Navy and out at sea when Spinks-Cooney happened. After the fight the rumor around the...
When Salvador Sanchez first whipped Danny Lopez I was shocked, as I had never heard of Sanchez before. Was he making any kind of waves or getting...
Howard Davis Jr. would've likely gone further if he'd had a better chin. I seem to remember reading that he went on a talk show (very early...
I've got to agree with McGrain - Louis-Schmeling in 1938 is number 1, Johnson-Jeffries is number 2. I'd put Frazier-Ali I at #3. After that I'm...
Thanks HE! After I posted I looked for Randy's "confession" about Luther Jackson at the CBZ & couldn't find it. I love the mags. They're neat...
Luther never existed in the first place. He was made up by the writers of World Boxing, KO, etc. Those letters were fakes. Randy Gordon talked...
CF - Excellent point about the Spinks brothers. I was only using them to point out that sometimes the new or reigning champ isn't necessarily the...
I've always thought that Lewis and his people pushed for the Briggs fight in order to solidify his (Lewis') claim as legitimate champ. I think...
I recognize Foreman as the champ, then Briggs, then Lewis. Foreman never lost his title until the Briggs fight because he didn't lose a fight, nor...
Still, it's a shame they didn't have an immediate rematch in, say, November 1978.
Boxing WAS a mainstream sport until the 1990's. Title fights were regularly held in stadiums, broadcast on prime-time free network TV, and the...
Yeah, Turpinr, Don F. King... He killed the goose - boxing - that laid the golden eggs. Look at what he had, especially in the 80's, with his...
I'll second Foreman-Bonavena, which I think was what Norton-Quarry replaced. Ali-Bobick in May '77, instead of Ali-Evangelista & Norton Bobick....
The one that came to mind when I saw this thread was Holmes-Ali. I don't remember what the breakdown was as far as who picked whom, but I do...
I think the Tate who KO'd Bobick & Knoetzee, and who decisioned over 15 rounds another right-hand bomber in Coetzee, and who looked good for most...
