This is one of the striking things about Victor Valle's development of Cooney. Gerry's right tore open Young's face, stunned Norton initially, and...
Certainly he was competing with smaller gloves in an era which predates gum shields. Wills and Fulton could certainly hit, as could Godfrey,...
Unfortunately, we don't have Sam's 20 round draw with Walcott on film, but he is supposed to have conclusively outboxed Joe with his height,...
Matt would go right after Tommy's body like Hagler did, and we saw what Saad Muhammad did in one of his easy defenses with hooks to the body of...
Sam knocked out bigger opponents than Foreman. George would have a fatal deficit in speed and stamina. If young Foreman didn't flatten you within...
I'm not among those who laughs at your top rating of Dempsey, having made that case for him myself in the past. It's not my usual temperament to...
In post #76, you asked JAB5239 to name Sam's greatest career win, and I merely attempted to interject a list of several candidates. Can't be...
Yes, and that's something which shouldn't be overlooked. He somehow managed to lose his title in the ring decisively to two different aging former...
Here's my unsolicited opinion. (Others, please feel free to rearrange, add or subtract as you see fit. Some arduous yard work has left me too...
Jeannette is not outboxing the taller and longer armed Johnson. McVey too crude. Langford? Jack always had Sam's number. Langford turned 27 in...
For dust to have settled, it first has to be raised. In John's case, it only accumulates. He was the Quiet Man because he put audiences to sleep,...
RC, looking at their extant footage, I think Sammy did well to survive, but he was very seriously over matched, and I see no way he ever could...
The way RJJ suckered Toney into exposing his chin for sustaining the first knockdown of his career. Normally, I like to see the showboater pay the...
Ali would not have been able to execute his rope a dope against Liston's jab, nor would he have attempted to. Foreman's big edge on Sonny was the...
Walcott explained that when he was dethroned, he was in the process of attempting to knock Marciano out himself. Saying his plan was to unload a...
