In interviews after he retired, Arguello was candid about giving up at the end of Pryor II, and was actually known to make light of it. In...
Vito was better defensively, and had quicker hands. Neither had anything to trouble the other with in terms of punching power. "They're only...
The difference between the Holmes of Arrington in November 1977 and the Holmes of Shavers I in March 1978 was night and day according to ringside...
First match I'm now thinking of when contemplating Scott's career the last couple days, the one which got him to Holmes. LeDoux-Monroe was that...
Yep! And Leroy Caldwell says Lyle and Foreman hit about the same. Of course George had much the better chin and far greater physical strength and...
Stander was able to make Joe give ground and apply movement. Earlier, Chuvalo was also able to stand his ground and make Frazier move. Bonavena...
Agreed. I thought Renaldo's work rate on the inside should have earned him the decision, and 'gasp!' maybe a rematch with Holmes. I haven't seen...
One of the things the fashionably maligned Cosell was good at was calmly announcing when a punch which looked good, made a lot of noise, or got a...
I will add George Chaplin to Wills as a nemesis of Greg's, as I believe Chaplin clearly won both his matches with Page. No disputing who won...
Absolutely! Most anybody who's both lifted weights and chopped firewood can verify this. It's very difficult to substitute what sawing, splitting...
For me, it was an extremely close call between Inoki and Shavers, but I went with Shavers on the strength of the fact Muhammad defeated Earnie...
Ali himself has been fond of pointing out in the past that Janet Reno and Michael J. Fox didn't get punched in the head for a living, and one of...
Benny Leonard suffers from a lack of footage, but he worked diligently to perfect his punching technique and cultivate his power, and there seems...
Then, tack on the possibility that Artie Levine may have been robbed of a fourth round knockout win over Robby by referee Jackie Davis in November...
The abrupt and premature end to JQ I has usually been framed as an exceedingly unfortunate outcome for Jerry, but what if he hadn't been cut, and...
