I think Mitch87 is the love child of Aydamn and TonyHayers. Seems to be a hybrid of the two.
Good post. Like I said, I think Silver is more right than wrong. But the wrong part seems to ruin the argument completely for many of you. Then...
Fair point. I think even a glance back at the 'golden age' would throw up some examples of superior fighters who had far fewer pro fights that...
Joe Louis
Old school was fighting every week for low purses in local clubs. Doesn't sound very lucrative to me
I haven't seen the Fulton v Figueroa fight so I can't comment on Silver's observations there. Tim Witherspoon actually made similar criticism of...
Furthermore these days we have "YouTubers" fighting main event big promotions and we have women fighting main events and semi finals. Mayweather...
Not those guys. But some of the 'world title holders' and 'challengers' of recent decades have been of that level. The proliferation of titles and...
#6 welterweight all-time is about right, to be fair. I know a lot of people have him as high as #2 but I think guys like SRR, Armstrong, Britton,...
He's one of the greatest heavyweights of all-time. Greater than any that have come since.
You might be thinking of Sugar Ray Robinson, but Leonard was very good in all departments too.
Page 4 of the thread and already lots of excuses for his losses.
For some reason, in my mind I always remember this fight being a late round stoppage, a TKO in the 11th or something. I only saw it once. It's...
I'm no fan of John Fury but he said the same kinds of things boxers have been saying in build-ups to fights for years now. I prefer the old days...
He is an all time great welterweight and took part in some great fights. His career in 1976-82 was great but his comeback streak 1987-89 seemed...
