Anyone fancy Basilio at welter? He did it at middle giving away weight against an admittedly older Robinson.
You're right yes, Lou Duva didn't do him any favours distracting him.
I'll agree with you that Taylor was heading for victory and landing the most punches but I'd be surprised if you couldn't agree with me that...
I never said it was his best fight. The fact is Steele gave him the count, asked him how he was more than once giving him another 5 seconds and he...
One thing about those days, you could always avoid hearing a fight result if you wanted to.
How's it a fact? Like I said before Yes but look at it this way. When Taylor went down there was 17 seconds left in the round. Steele finished...
You could be right, I'm not 100 percent sure!
I understood that the rules meant there was no standing 8 count but there was a mandatory 8 in the case of a knockdown.
Yes but look at it this way. When Taylor went down there was 17 seconds left in the round. Steele finished his 8 count and there was 7 seconds...
What i used to like in BI was that they did a top 50 for the world ratings whereas the Ring just did the top 10.
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Thanks for sharing!
Just reminded me of a mate of mine. When we were young fellas, early 20's he said to me once "I'm getting a bit worried about me sex drive, I've...
It's worth reading those mags from the 60's and 70's, they always had stories from the old days about fights and fighters. Probably stuff you...
He was lucky Chavez didn't get a chance to hit him again.