I’ll add Vilomar Fernandez, a splendid Dominican who split a pair of fights with Alexis Arguello, took Roberto Duran into the 13th in a...
The first ones I think of are, unfortunately, fighters of whom a very limited amount of video exists. But maybe they’d be less obscure if we had...
Yep, ultimately all roads were going to lead to Oscar and Tito or Tito and Oscar, in whatever order. He just wasn’t quite up to that caliber imo...
I’m not sure any fighter in history wore his heart on his sleeve quite as much (and as well) as Johnny Tapia. Sad end to a troubled life, but...
I was thinking for a minute that maybe Marvin having moved to Italy could have won the European middleweight title, but Sumbu was the holder of...
I think Holyfield is as determined as any fighter I’ve seen. I put him in a class with Joe Frazier that way. The singular focus of returning to...
Ali came out to stick and move. He saw in the first round it would be impossible in that ring with George’s ability to cut off the ring. So he...
My thinking is any return for Marvin would be a shorter thing — he tries to get one win (two at most) and angles for Ray Leonard rematch or else...
I think Big George was a force of nature and on that mushy canvas with loose ropes, Holyfield isn’t going to be able to stand up to him long...
Do we get a real ring with real ropes? Figure a disciplined Holy (a la Bowe II version) has a chance but not if the ropes are droopy and the...
I was at Azumah Nelson-Lupe Suarez. Seemed to be going Lupe’s way but Azumah clocked him into never-never land after the bell and stopped him the...
He wasn’t even 100% Dutch. I have to dock him points for appropriation. Imagine some boxer from the Netherlands feeding on soft opposition and...
Let’s put ourselves in a world where Hagler, after his April 1987 loss to SRL, took a bit of time off (he was fighting once a year toward the end...
The ‘Ruddock was completely shot after Tyson’ narrative is a creation of Tyson pumpers. He gave Mike two very good fights, therefore he must have...
Actually, most do. They put an asterisk by every Tyson loss as if it didn’t happen. “He had sex in Tokyo.” “Evander butted him.” “He didn’t...
