:good Okay then, detailed feedback much appreciated! I did view the tape of Duran-Ed Viruet I, looking for an argument beforehand that Ed might...
Maybe with Angie, Eddie wouldn't have attempted Snipes. In the buildup to Mustafa Muhammad's ill fated HW foray, Archie Moore was talking as if he...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MI0oZXNZ7I
I'd have to think about that one a bit. Certainly it's in the running as the best successful title defense ever. (Loi-Ortiz III and SRR-Gavilan II...
One of the ways Billy originally made his name as a young prodigy was in a sparring session with the fatherly Baer, who was clowning a bit, taking...
Oh man, it's good to have you and Mendoza back.:good We missed you! (This makes me want to create a fake Mendoza account just for the purpose of...
No cause for regret here, Scartissue. (You saved me from having to log into an alternate account to play Devil's advocate!) It's an excellent...
Interesting question, Nightcrawler. In this tantalizingly brief footage from 1966, Locche is 25, Carlos Ortiz 29. Nicolino is certainly using his...
Because Ray Arcel rated Locche a greater defensive master than Pep, Benny Leonard, Benitez, Jimmy Young, Teddy Yaroz, or any other great he...
If the entirety of Locche-Cervantes I exists, it needs to be on youtube. I watched all of their rematch, and there's no way it should have been...
Gene Tunney at Stillman's: "Let's open the windows and clear this place out with some fresh air!" Johnny Dundee: "Fresh air? Why that stuff...
Locche-Cervantes I has to be up there. Nicolino swept all 15 rounds over a fellow legend and ATG on all three judges scorecards. Unanimous scores...
:bbbQuality rebuttal.:good I think Vilomar looked like a waterbug flitting about the ring, but Davis, Jr. (somewhat biased in favor of a fellow...
Charley retired in 1950 at just age 32, the same age Smith was at for Billy Noble in May 1953. (Crazy to think Harold Johnson was OBS's...
Judges haven't been that discerning in a long time. Misses have to be obvious now, clear whiffs, where it was once more important to reduce their...
