I like Wlad in this one. Usyk didn't have the power to bomb Wlad out ala Brewster & Sanders, and Wlad was pretty masterful at making the most of...
Forgot about Ouma. Had to go back and look through his Boxrec page, and his title run was a little longer than I remember it being. Got me to...
Damn. Good call. Forgot about him. He was either of Moroccan or Tunisian descent I believe. Seems like there haven't been a ton of notable...
Some fighters of note from Northern Africa: Nino Larocca was 74-6 (54 KOs). He fought a near-prime Donald Curry for the title, but lost. He was...
Zack Padilla was pretty much a nobody when he was KO'd by 8-8 Dwayne Prim. He took 5 years off, and gained, then lost something like 100 pounds in...
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Harry Simon (Namibia) was 31-0 (23 KOs), and had a win over Winky Wright. Another pretty good fighter from South Africa was Mbulelo Botile, who...
Agree with you on the nickname, but he was from South America (Guyana).
How about Brian Mitchell? Won the title from Alfredo Layne, and made 12 title defenses...all on the road I believe. He's got to be near the top of...
Agreed. I believe nostalgia-drunk personalities around the sport...like Bert Sugar for example...have helped grow the legend of Dempsey, among...
Yes, exactly. My post wasn't directed at Dempsey specifically though (Sullivan would be a better example). There are others on McVey's post above...
This list has me wondering how long some of the other champions in history may have reigned if they were able to draw the color line and avoid any...
Totally agree that it should have been stopped in the 7th. A few seconds before they finally waved it off, I remember seeing a few people (Jose...
Round 8 of Duran-Moore was pretty bad. Also, there was a fight between Heavyweights Alex Garcia & Bernard Benton back in 1990 that's worth a...
Jones didn't get hit much at all at his best. He fought two near-prime HOF'ers in Hopkins and Toney, and they.both had trouble getting a glove on...
