I do feel as though he looked his best for Frazier II at 212 during his second career, and he was able to use his legs well at 212 for Norton II....
Yes, but aided by some foolish negligence on Ali's part. Muhammad had an impacted wisdom tooth on the left side of his jaw which caused the...
Ali had trouble with his hands. They weren't sturdy enough to withstand repeated hard impacts. That's part of why he went with a process of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykub6DUDYME
Even Frazier wasn't crazy enough to get physically aggressive with Foreman outside the ring. Only Ali and Atlas pulled **** like this on George...
:roflOMFG! And he asked SRL if he could date Ray's sister, and Ray said yes? Imagine Arguello behaving like this! (Duran, I could see as a barbarian.)
Thinking out loud here, a known shooter like Inoki was a horrible choice for attempting a stunt like this. Japan was the last place Muhammad...
Most of the boxing press expressed the belief prior to Sal's death that his hand speed and movement might win him a few early rounds, but little...
Thanks for that account. I was curious about this match, and your post prompted me to look it up on youtube. Dammit, he was the aggressor and...
And I think it was a cover story interview in KO Magazine immediately after O'Grady retired which was titled, "All of a Sudden, I Couldn't Take a...
What Inoki did is familiar to us, but somehow not a part of the mainstream accounts. When Ali was hospitalized after Inoki, it was big news, and...
Tyson had the physical template to be another Frazier on the inside, yet was inferior to the 6'5" Bowe in this aspect of his fighting. However,...
I echo Stevie's praise of your observations here, and what you say pinpoints one major difference between Ali-Norton III and Ali-Frazier III in...
If Roy had retired after Ruiz or Tarver I, he'd be widely argued for as the P4P GOAT. What hurts his standing so badly was subsequently getting...
Tommy's speed and ability to recover if hurt (as he did against Ruddock and Carl Williams) is the difference here. Gerry tried to utilize movement...
