He’d have won if he didn’t get KTFO? Lol. Martin retired after that fight because of a detached retina. There was no corrective surgery for it at...
If I choose one in 1888 in London, do I get to hang around long enough to solve the Jack the Ripper killings? Because that would be cool.
Mostly they should — knocking the other fella down is better than nicking him by a few solid jabs — but it definitely isn’t and shouldn’t be a rule.
I think the best version of Page (not sure he ever had a prime as he was up and down) stops Quarry, probably on cuts but he could get a late...
Alexis Arguello, although doesn’t tick the southpaw box. Marvin Hagler of course. (A sometimes southpaw) Roberto Duran, starting with DeJesus...
Saddler owns the three best wins in featherweight history (over Pep X3) and those stack up with any three wins in any division in boxing history...
Larry Holmes had a gorgeous drop kick off the top of a car as his finisher. Nothing says ‘street fighter’ like a guy who jumps people off car tops.
There are definitely eras where talent is stacked in and around the same division(s), creating interesting and meaningful fights (not always...
He held the unified middleweight title and lost it by split decision to Vito Antuofermo in the middle of 1979. Then he disappeared from the ring...
Whoever brings the knife to the fistfight or the gun to the knife fight. I’ll take Mitch to be the guy who does one or the other.
Fantastic post with a lot of interesting historical insight about a number of things. And props for giving Lorenzo Zanon props … if he had an...
Archie Moore spent the earlier part of his career at middleweight, right? Ezzard Charles also. I’ll take both of those to do the job in their...
Quarry is the better fighter and I’d pick him, but it might be more interesting than you’d think (and less interesting to watch). Jerry was a...
This is the part where I point out that Sandy Saddler not only beat but stopped Willie Pep three times in four meetings.
Larry would have fought Young but he lost to Osasio in his tuneup and then lost to him again (after getting in shape). And Holmes dominated...
