He sure was exceptionally strong by all accounts. An observer noted that just prior to their first fight Jeffries lifted Bob Fitzimmons off the...
After George Foreman shocked the odds,and Joe Frazier,in January of 1973,what were the chances of an even bigger shock following just over two...
Do: Muhammad Ali,Roberto Duran & Marvin Hagler. Don't: Both Klitschkos,& Bernard Hopkins.
Even allowing for the rose tinted nostalgia syndrome - everything's better when we were young etc. - boxing was much better on the whole twenty or...
Dempsey wears down Jeffries and stops him late in the fight. Jack too fast and explosive for Jim. The only physical attribute Jeffries matched...
In a massive twist it turns out that Liston threw the fight after all in a favour to Cus. Both knew that it would make a great movie plot...
Hello there McVey. I hope you did n't get caught by any of the flying bottles! How soon was it that you picked up on the rancid atmosphere and...
Marciano Charles or Walcott Patterson Johannson Can't split Jersey Joe and Ezzard.
Cus was perfect for Floyd. Just as Angelo Dundee was for Ali and Yancey Durham and Eddie Futch were for Frazier.
Thanks for that,McVey. Very interesting and informative. And very sporting of The Boston Strong Boy.
Hard to call - so many but here's some of them in chronological order = Ali-Liston 1964 Frazier-Ali 1971 Ali-Foreman 1974 Ali-Frazier 1975...
That's the one I was thinking of too,Fergy.
Yes Tony Perez' moment of random tinnitus.
RIP Mills. One of the great refs.
Norton. Apart from punching power he was far more skilled than Max. No doubt that Baer would have given Ken problems though.
