There may be a point of diminishing returns per size but that seems to have shifted considerably over time. If not then how do you explain the...
One issue I find a bit odd is that people who favor Ali seem to unanimously accept that the division has outgrown guys like Marciano and Dempsey...
For those favoring Ali, who would you say the fastest heavyweight or cruiserweight has been since Ali in terms of handspeed or footspeed? Who is...
Some of Mendoza's criticisms seem pretty silly but I feel that its hard to gauge Ali's abilities in his prime vis a vis modern super heavies due...
I don't think Leon Spinks or Buster Douglas are in the hall of fame
For 2017 the Ring Magazine listed the top 10 as follows 1.Anthony Joshua 6'6 (250-254) avg 252 2.Deontay Wilder 6'6 (220 3/4-222) avg 221.375...
The heavyweights of the 70s are much closer in average size to those of the 50s than they are those of today. Frankly I would be more likely to...
The two guys who beat Lewis were both 230 pounds+ hardly small men
Tale of the tape for Ali-Liston and Ali-Patterson
I think boxrec is incorrect in this instance, early in his career it was given as 79 and then in the 70s it was listed as 80 inches. I don't know...
But he went into boxing late and only 3 years earlier seemed to still be prime, he was almost 35 when he faced Foreman
Foreman didn't fight in todays division, so how would he know what its like to fight the top guys of today?
Actually it appears Foreman, Norton, and Williams did not have longer reaches than Ali. Ali's is listed as 79 while Norton's is 79, Foreman's 78...
I'm also curious as to why some people seem to feel that a win over someone as tiny as Liston is relevant in todays division. Liston may have...
For example lets compare 2011 with 1971 2011 1.Wladimir Klitschko (242 1/2) 2.Vitali Klitschko (243-247 1/4) 3.Alexander Povetkin (227 3/4-231...
