Eh, I cannot buy this, with all due respect for Patterson. Floyd was crushed in a high profile match for the HW Championship for the third time....
Gans in Goldfield is a scary, scary prospect. We see him deck Nelson twice with singular punches. He had to be dying of tuberculosis for Bat to...
The way Tiger Williams collapsed to the floor AFTER the referee completed a standing eight count against Shavers was not an isolated incident with...
In this respect, he was a terrific HW Champion, the most active since Louis and Charles. He got hung up by that hernia between Liston I & II, but...
Watch the slow motion replays from multiple angles of his putting Louis on the deck. He actually beat the Bomber to the punch with a shorter,...
And your mention of Ortiz reminds me to throw Duilio Loi into the mix for winning his first title defense in their rubber match, decking Carlos in...
Well, maybe the pie.
Well, the stupid ****er shoudl have learned from Walker, Galento and Wepner that one doesn't sober up after partying before a fight. Oh, I've seen...
You might find yourself getting drowned in "Chocolate" by a few hundred Classic posters for asking this. More than one poster has cited...
Maxim was expected to lose to Murphy in his first title defense, but won the decision so conclusively that the failed challenger sportingly held...
Is that "Smoked" Bert "My head is buzzing" (after two rounds against Foreman) "Flying the Coop"er? After that quick "French Exit" quit job, I've...
For some context, Ettore was 58-10-1 at this time. Only the deadly punching Louis and Retzlaff had ever stopped him. He'd just split a pair with...
That's the name North Dakota University ought to drop their mismaligned "Fighting Sioux" sports moniker in favor of, the "Whothe****owees." (The...
Interesting question. Cervantes and Palomino were both at Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, where he boxed accordingly to attain split decisions. (For...
This represents probably the greatest inherent advantage you have over other posters Burt, the fact you're intimately familiar with both eras. I...
