Patterson didnt play the color game. To understand Patterson's title reign you have to research Cus D'Amato's battle with the mob and his...
Flowers was a legit MW/LHW (where he started) his weak chin wouldnt have been a factor against the smaller Graziano. He would have been all over...
there werent anywhere near as many knockdowns as has been mythologized.
This has been proven to be a myth.
When you get to the level of guys like Fitz, Greb, and Langford does it really matter who is better? Its kind of like trying to figure out if you...
Well, the referee's coincides with mine, in fact I think he was overly lenient with Armstrong. I'll take Donovans word over an impartial writer...
Gotta go with Basilio. Size and strength make the difference. Basilio was extremely powerful at 147. Armstrong was the better overall fighter but...
If you dont think Armstrongs tactics were blatant then we need to agree to disagree because there is a way to fight within the rules and outside...
The next time your favorite fighter gets repeatedly backed into a corner with the shoulder of his opponent, headbutted, elbowed, and hit below the...
Since you are so keen on taking a boxers word: Zivic: "He hit me low, choked me, give me the elbow, and everything else. I was in good tip top...
A point which no newspaper Ive ever read covering the fight argued for...
"Armstrong said" ok, ya think Armstrong might have been a bit biased? Ambers said he won the fight without deductions and would have fought...
Thats my point, they did him a favor by letting him stay and giving him the opportunity to win the fight. Nowadays a fighter would be DQd long...
I think you should go read the accounts of both fights and compare. In neither fight was it alleged by anyone but Eddie Mead, Armstrongs handler,...
And by that same argument Armstrong never would have beaten Ambers in the first place (seeing as how a lot of people though Ambers won anyway)....
