Well, you had Mike O'Dowd who started out as a semi pro football player and wrestler got into boxing via Mike Gibbons who tutored him early on and...
Lol at the people saying he was struggling and the fight was even. Two cards had Quarry leading comfortably at 4-1-1 the other card had it 3-3...
Lots and Matthews wasnt the last. Lots of guys can directly or indirectly be linked to the St Paul style that Mike Gibbons essentially invented...
Yeah in fact if you compare Matthews-Murphy to Gibbons-Bloomfield you can see Matthews using a lot of the same moves Tommy uses. Drawing punches,...
Well if Hurley is teaching a modified form of the St. Paul style for 50 years after Gibbons retired thats a pretty powerful statement as to...
I dont buy that for anything. For two reasons: 1. Most of 1970 before Liston died was consumed with the talk of the inevitable Ali-Frazier fight....
I always thought Bivins looked like he took a thumb in the eye here.
Tua. Since you mentioned Izon. Tua was the king of being way behind on the cards to come back and score a KO. He sometimes had to do it with a...
The first.
There are so many factors here its a tough fight to figure. Lots of questions: Does Ernie's time as Liston's sparring partner give him that...
Ali gave a blue print for how to beat liston but Terrells biggest problem was that he didnt fight tall. He didnt utilize his height as well as he...
Hurley was a student of Gibbons. I thought you read John Ochs book(s)? In fact there is a great film of Matthews-Bob Murphy with W. C. Heinz doing...
Ellis would have won but I believe Dundee was partially full of **** here. At this time Dundee was shamelessly ducking Frazier. If anything they...
Thank you kind sir! It means a lot to me that you enjoyed it.
I personally believe Mike Gibbons was the most important and influential figure in boxing style and technique of the first half of the 20th...
