Not a direct answer to your questions but you might find this thread interesting: http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=406354 As...
Full fight here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrnhth_kazuto-ioka-vs-akira-yaegashi_sport
Found this article by accident, link is long dead but thought article might interest some people here:
Dempsey due to the racial politics of the day. The fight against Wills was signed but didn't happen & while it was shitty from a fan's...
Marciano vs Frazier in a fight to the finish.
Looks like a closer fight than I thought, gonna give it a watch when its uploaded. Akira always comes to fight, shame he had to lose this. Hope...
Haven't seen the fight yet but if what you guys described is correct, seems like another rotten decision. Ioka is the bigger star & younger...
SlyK is an idiot. Nothing but stale nonsense. Have you seen the ratings for the last UFC on Fox? It was a ratings disaster, one of the lowest...
Don't forget that Monzon was also suffering from arthritis at that point in his career.
He probably also had a premonition that Valdez's bro would die shortly before their first fight I guess lol. People said Valdez looked rather...
That was contracted weight dumb ass. When you miss 2-3 lbs of contracted weight it is a big deal, especially if its in a lower weight class....
haha "hero worship" & you are talking about Monzon? That applies more to SRR as a MW who after becoming champ lost to Turpin, Fullmer, Basilio,...
Warm & fuzzy is not what one thinks of when Duran the fighter is brought up. He was nice and mellow outside the fight game but as mean as they...
Marciano's last opponent was Archie Moore not Cockell who was his penultimate opponent. Monzon beat Rodrigo Valdez & then retired.
Marciano, retired undefeated with the greatest title in sports history. Lewis retiring after beating Vitali.
