Actually, Sullivan was a bigger dude as well. There were other big heavyweights in these eras, but they usually got KO'd or beaten by the smaller...
I think Jeff was badly handicapped by that left arm injury in the second Sharkey bout, not only in terms of his ability to throw lefts hard and...
The fact is that Louis WAS completely past it when he fought Marciano... FOR HIM. The thing about Louis is that he was so damn great that even...
Yes, that is thoroughly addressed in the chapter A Snag In Preparation.
Actually, the first Corbett fight was after Finnegan. Jeff beat Fitz in June 99, Sharkey in Nov. 99, Finn in April 1900, and Corbett in May 1900....
BTW, Finnegan's record was not all that bad. Any fighter who can last 20 rounds knows something about boxing. He fought Jack Bonner to a 20-round...
Depends on how you want to look at it. Generally, a true title fight at that time was a 20 or 25 round bout. Finnegan was only scheduled for 10. I...
Lewis-Klit was fun. Brewster-Klit I was fun. Brewster - Lyakhovich was one of those brutal career ending type wars. Great fight. Rahman...
Those punches weren't any harder than anything else C got hit with and had taken and continued to fight and move. C had not buckled or anything....
7 - P lands a hard hook. Whenever he lands he follows up with a flurry to test C. These flurries are so hard and fast - both at the same time. C...
Manny Pacquiao, 49-3-2, 37 KOs v. Miguel Cotto, 34-1, 27 KOs. 1 - Both fire crisp jabs. C looks bigger. Tactical power punches. Neither get in...
I like Lampley, but Bernstein was fantastic. I miss his ESPN commentary.
Not bad at all for a guy 67 years old. He still seems to have his defensive clinching and smothering moves well intact.
McVey, you are alluding to the second fight, not the first. And yes, I do discuss all that in the chapter on the second fight. It isn't exactly as...
As for women's fights I'd like to see: Laila Ali v. Anne Wolfe (like Martin v. Rijker, this will likely never happen). Natascha Ragosina v....
