Do you really think Ali did it JUST to get publicity and media attention? I think there was more to it than that - I think he also used it to try...
Sean O'Grady (aside to his loss to Little Red) prior to his fight with Watt in Glasgow? Gerry Cooney (prior to Holmes). Frank Bruno?
I believe the late George Biddles was Dunn's manager. Not sure if he also managed Bodell.
I am old enough to remember the Holmes-Cooney fight, this story did the rounds at the time - it was accepted as true. I accept that the above...
Tucker. Spinks' HW resume is really quite thin. Past it Holmes, rusty, past-it Cooney...Tangstad? That's without mentioning theor respective...
This. We have to bear in mind that D'Amato stated that if Marciano had still been Champion he would not have gone for a Marciano fight for...
Kingfisher3 does have a point...what is to be gained from personal abuse, simply because somebody has a different opinion from you?
I agree on Cooney versus the "real" Norton. Just because Cooney beat the '81 version, doesn't mean it's a guaranteed cert that he beats peak Kenny...
Flea Man - That may be so, but I just feel that the "no mas" episode gets inappropriately overlooked by some when assessing Duran, principally, I...
Agreed. When I saw this thread I thought to myself "I wonder how long this thread lasts before someone dares to mention "no mas". As it...
Johnson would be way too strong, he would manhandle Calzaghe. Calzaghe was clever, but Johnson just as, if not more so. Calzaghe would try to buzz...
I think it's a legit kayo. It's early in the fight, Walcott hadn't got "into" the fight physically, caught cold really. Sometimes, shots you...
Marvin is one of my all time favourites and I grew up reading about the great Jack Johnson and admire JJ tremendously too - not just as a fighter...
Kenny always seemed a classy, humble guy.
In answer to that question, I would have strongly backed both Norton & Holmes to beat the 1978 Ali, probably Young, quite possibly Shavers in a...
