And how many people went to the theater to watch Frazier-Ali I? Ali-Spinks II was a huge promotion & was shown on free live TV. I wonder how many...
FWIW, The Ring had Floyd at either #9 or #10 for most of 1971. In 1972 he rose to #4 and even got as high as #3 in the October and November...
I recall a bit of not-so-serious talk of Floyd coming back to challenge Leon in 1978. Floyd was "only" 43 at the time.
I remember being surprised when reading in Hauser's Ali bio that a third Quarry fight in 1974 was even considered. Then I found out what a great...
Read somewhere very recently that Chris Aerola is taking the Klitschko fight so seriously that he's even taken up jogging. I was just shocked when...
Absolutely!
Jim Jacobs used to advertise in the back of Ring magazine that he was seeking fight films. He was a fairly young man (50's?) when he passed away....
He had tons of talent, but the flaws that made him a ****** / woman beater / drug addict would've stopped him even if he didn't go to prison at...
I haven't decided for myself how I'll view Klitschko-Chagaev fight as far as the linear, and presumably legitimate, World Heavyweight Championship...
Ali, then "Clay" of course, said in a very early interview, '62 or '63, that Clark hit him harder than any other opponent. He said it was a body...
I hate the idea of naming the biggest division "Super Heavyweight". To me, the "World Heavyweight Champion" should be the biggest, baddest man on...
Interesting. I guess strange things happen sometimes when hyping a fight, like an undeservedly high ranking by an otherwise respected boxing...
I agree that this was a beautiful performance by Ali. Hindsight does indeed tell us that Williams was no match for the champion. But going into...
Some more questions - When would films of fights fall into the public domain? Did Jacobs perhaps get his ownership / copyright by dubbing his...
I was really big on Thomas from the Tillis & Coetzee fights, which were televised on free TV, through the Weaver fight. It seemed he was going to...
