This was the subject of a thread created by Rumsfeld back in June 2008, which generated the most recent contributions a full month before this new...
Those yells at Joe actually came from Angelo Dundee at his broadcast position. Being an experienced commentator, I think he was concerned about...
All nine named polling options were born in Puerto Rico, whereas Benitez was born in the Bronx, so I wonder if that's why Frazier Hook omitted...
Bob Girard, the final amateur to defeat Marciano, outboxed him stylishly for the decision. As was sometimes the case in Rocky's amateur career,...
Tommy "The Duke" Morrison versus Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall in a Geritol Championship Octagon tomorrow: Who ya got? (Or maybe they could form a tag...
"...with either hand ." It was the Foreman hook which rang Chuvalo's bell, leading to the stoppage, and George's hook also stunned Jimmy Young at...
To me, this is significant, because Morrison clobbered Foreman repeatedly with his hook to no avail. For power, I have to rate Gerry's hook over...
That's what I see. Like Joe, Dempsey would keep hammering at the body. Unlike Smoke, Jack routinely knocked out victims with his right as well....
To me, the one time Jerry clearly did this was when he knocked off Mac Foster, who otherwise might have gotten Bob Foster's shot at Smoke. With...
Jeff inflicted grievous injuries on Sailor Tom with his less vaunted right alone, even putting Sharkey on the deck. Given a healthy left arm, yes,...
Definitely Stevenson. And Teo needed professional competition to continue improving after 1976. For 90 seconds against John Tate, he demonstrated...
Does Bob Foster beat Steffen Tangstad? Keep in mind that Bob was decked in the first round by 11-12-3 Eddie Vick in their August 1968 rematch. The...
Benny Leonard worked diligently for a protracted period explicitly to cultivate his punching power. Reportedly, he abruptly achieved a quantum...
Machen, Whitehurst 2X, Summerlin 2X, Marty Marshall 2X, Joiner and Leotis all proved it was possible to weigh under 200 pounds and still be able...
I understood that it was a combination of diabetes and liver disease, but didn't recall specifically whether or not cancer was involved. In any...
