Larry would stalk him a bit early and find some trouble tracking Gene down, maybe losing two or three of the first five or six rounds (narrowly,...
All of the above, great insight from @Anubis and especially @HistoryZero26 on the interim lineage. Plus, Bivins never kilt nobody (as far as we...
Victor Emilio over 15, probably around 10-5 in rounds. Counters the Prince to a decision, but Charles will have his moments in the first half of...
I disagree. Plenty of professional fighters — good and great ones included — lost the mental battle or lost their cool over something. When...
Miami heavyweight Al Jones knocked out Memphis Al Jones in 1967 to settle it once and for all.
I’m having trouble confirming this one, but I’m pretty sure middleweight title challenger William Lee went on to commercial success after boxing....
Didn’t Marvin Hagler have his own “Corkey,” someone in the neighborhood who beat him up, prompting him to learn to box. And then Marvin beat him...
Barbados Joe Walcott was from Guyana, not Barbados, and resided in Boston. His name was Joe Walcott. Jersey Joe Walcott was from New Jersey and...
@greynotsoold I watched a good bit of Spinks-Ranquillo. You have to be patient to find spots where you get to see his legs when he jabs but...
More people around New Orleans believe in or have practiced voodoo than would openly admit it. Especially the farther back you go. No one knows...
Another suggestion is Brian Mitchell, the splendid South African junior lightweight champ. I can’t remember which fight, but there’s one where...
Michael Spinks is a great one to study. Uses it more as a fencer/boxer vs. Qawi, uses it like bludgeon vs. Ramon Ranquillo (he almost jabs the...
Not exactly a secret, but George Reeves — the actor who played Superman in the TV series — took his life a few days before he was to face Archie...
Well said. Joe gets the ‘he beat Louis and got robbed rub’ but he lost title fight after title fight after title fight and his mob manager kept...
Deep dive pick for honorable mention: That jab Larry Holmes knocked Ossie Ocasio down with. It didn’t just topple him from being off-balance, OO...
