RJJ's jab seemed fine in Paz and Hopkins I. As for Ali, he had a fairly easy time with Patterson 2X, Bugner 2X, and Jerry Quarry 2X. (He himself...
Benitez ought to be looked at. A case can be made that accuracy was why he was able to drop Shields and punch him out where Cuevas, Hearns and SRL...
:nonoNow Greg, don't go begrudging me my indulgence in trivial minutia (I seem to be getting bogged down in quite a bit of that lately). Good to...
In their final match prior to their WW II hiatuses, Zale gave away over 11 pounds to Conn, yet remained upright through 12 complete rounds. At...
Agreed. Hearns may well hurt and drop Zale at some early point, but Tony was no stranger to getting up and taking out the culprit who decked him....
Marciano had problems with Charles smothering his shots in their first match, taking away Rocky's punching room. Tommy Gibbons did the same thing...
When George has been pressed to compare between several different opponents like Cooney, Morrison, Holyfield and Lyle, he always seems to settle...
But Vince, Joe weighed over 240 pounds when he took up boxing to lose weight at age 16, in large part because he was having trouble fitting his...
When I saw Orlin take a well conditioned Greg Page to the schoolhouse, I truly believed he had what it took to frustrate and outbox Tyson, and...
Don Curry-Marlon Starling I was one of the most frustrating bouts I ever watched. All fight long, Moochie repeatedly obtained a superb position on...
He was trying to get George into deep water to drown him, and couldn't manage it. That he was able to last as long as he did, moving the way he...
Foreman got a lot of mileage out of his gallant loss to Holyfield. He took a licking, and kept on ticking. This was different that the loss to...
He stepped into the void Ali left behind when he was exiled in 1967, and conclusively established himself as the one and only champion in the...
It's not a given that Foreman hit harder than Liston. Wepner has been adamant on camera that Sonny hit him harder than George, and it is a fact...
Anybody suggesting Frazier was the same in 1973 as he was circa 1969-1971 needs to look at Ellis I & II. Jimmy was 29 years old when Joe crushed...
