The usual presumption is that LaMotta comes out on top, as well he should, being the tougher and better fighter. However, Graziano, commonly...
Thanks. I'm sometimes like a pig in slop when it comes to trivial minutia and detailed analysis. (Before I retired, I worked as an auditor,...
Let me articulate that I'm not factoring 1953's Marciano-JJW II in my mention of Jersey Joe's success in his 1948 rematch with the Bomber,...
Frankly, there's not much, but I'll take a stab at describing some of what was there in the way of a heavyweight resume. Whitehurst was sliding...
Well, Foster did use Bobby early in his career, and you can even see "Bobby" stitched on the back of his robe during introductions for...
Gotta give this one to Rocky by the margin of Louis-Walcott II alone. Jersey Joe had decked the Bomber and was ahead on the cards when, not...
This has been the most crucial distinction to me when considering past threads about Joe versus Rocky. I always posit the Louis of Godoy II for...
I fully agree than an in shape and properly prepared Eddie is a very different proposition than the weight drained and diminished champion who got...
Stevie, that's pretty much how I see it. When Bob says he'd have knocked both out if he could only have weighed a couple more pounds, he comes...
The truth is that Bob never even defeated a heavyweight the caliber of Tangstad (who drew with Douglas, and beat Bugner, Lucien Rodriguez and...
Jerry was stopped four times on cuts, Ringo never. Chuvalo was known to cut on occasion, while Bonavena wasn't really a bleeder. Oscar could be...
You just articulated why Shields, Benitez and Duran were able to make SRL miss so much. Ray telegraphed his punches, but usually got away with it...
Jess reportedly claimed to have sustained a broken jaw in Havana, and said he fractured all the bones in his right hand when an uppercut counter...
Akido doctrine states, "Do not look the enemy in the eye, or you will be drawn into them. Do not look at his sword (fists), or the sword (fists)...
He focused on keeping his lead foot between his opponent's feet, which can efficiently cut off the ring and split his prey's defense, creating all...
