There is a BIG difference between Big Fat Heavyweights and Big well condition Heavyweights. Size isn't everything, BUT it does help when your Big...
He actually threw more punches later on when he defended his title, BUT Frazier use to threw a lot as well. Just look at the 3rd Ali/Frazier bout...
You all make some good points BUT Rocky never fought anyone that hit as hard or was aggressive as Frazier. Nat Fleischer stated that he was the...
I watched the 1st Marciano/Walcott 1 bout and I counted the punches that Rocky threw (not landed). This is what I came out with. Round 1 -...
No, he almost did in his 1st bout BUT was DQ'ed instead.
Ring ratings started back in February 1925 and I have listed them all up to 1995 (Heavyweights up to 2005) and I have reached 3471 different...
Rocky was 8-4 1. April 15, 1946 Henry Lester L-DQ3 _______________________________ (AAU Championship Tournament Portland, Oregon August, 1946)...
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Panama Al Brown was 5'11" tall with a 76" reach. He started off as a flyweight (112) and ended up as a featherweight (126) and was the...
"Earnie Shavers, 210, Warren, Ohio, ran into a tiger in Jimmy Young, 197, Philadelphia. Shavers had stopped Young in an earlier meeting and for a...
This has always been a Great match up. I look at it this way, how would Frazier do against all of Rocky's opponents and how would Rocky do...
Yes, I use to count Marciano's punches and after he became Champion, he did threw more then he did before. I counted as many as a 100 punches in a...
In 1987 we selected Rocky the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame boxer of the year and I had the pleasure of Inducting him into the Hall on November...
This really brings me back some. I knew "Flash" for years, as I use to talk to him at many of the boxing events, including the "Ice World." I...
The future was bright. Boxing careers usually are short. So when Lockridge lost his title to Wilfredo Gomez in 1985, then lost a year later to...
