Maricano-Frazier, I think you had the post manilla fights pegged right. I had Young outscore Ali, Ali win by a point in the third Norton fight,...
AlFrancis, intersting thought, that Holyfield was better then anyone Ali fought in the sixties. Ali on those greyhound legs would have won his...
Follow up question to the above, what would the point have been in throwing the Perez fight? It couldn't have been much money for it, and Willie...
Did Pep or any of his handlers ever admit to throwing the Lulu Perez fight? Anyone have any information here?
I can't say other then I've never come across a hint of such in many years of being a fan. Rocky beat allot of welter's getting his title shot and...
Ya know, Jesus probably broke some noses when he kicked the group of men out of his fathers house, the house of prayer. He wouldn't fight him,...
Rileys account of the third round Pep-Graves match, which he won on all three cards without throwing a punch, for those of you who have never read...
Sweetpea,,,your wrong, period. Don Riley was the boxing writer for the St. Paul Pioneer press until his retirement a few years back and covered...
Napoles, who banged hard enough to keep Pryor honest. I have a hard time seeing Pryor getting a dec. Napoles jab and short hooks would be...
Yeh he was! I used to try to copy some of his style, but he was built different, and he could do the coolest moves. Clever like Pep in that way.
Pea did his great defensive work from the waist up, Pep the same and with his great leg work also. Pep was maybe more fun to watch, and I don't...
Has anyone read any newspaper clippings on any of his fights with Langford? We know they wouldn't be draws or n.d. today, just wondering what the...
Ellis dropped Ali in sparring with a right hand also. Can't remember if this happened more then once, but at the time it alarmed boxing scribes....
So am I right that at the least, most long-time boxing fan's would place Liston at 35 in '64?
teeto, it was hard for me to equate Ismael with DeJesus at first, their styles weren't alike at all, but I think I see where your coming from....
