I could see how Corrales would simply be too big for Lockridge at 130 and busy enough with hard combinations to be a real bad matchup for Rocky,...
Marciano of course. Also Leonard. You know, the divisive ones.
Mexico's finest fighter. I remember a KO magazine article from '85, right after he crushed Mayweather the first time, the title of which was...
I like them more than I like effing worthless heavyweights.
It really is.
Scar, our cards are real similar........ 1. Blake, 10-8 2. Blake 3. Medel 4. Even 5. Blake 6. Medel 7. Medel 8. Medel 9. Blake 10. Blake 96-94,...
You bet. Just finished the fight too. About to do a writeup. And yeah, Medel showed so much here. Great spirit, superior conditioning, and...
Scar, as an aside, the reason Medel disappeared was that shortly after this, he was playing soccer with some friends at home and got...
I remember KO Magazine at the time commented, "If you missed it, get a tape!" On it.....
Wow! Been looking for this for years!
You bet, and I agree, his style is translatable across eras I think!
Indeed. The book I have describes him at one point throwing rocks into the nighttime jungle to keep the Japanese at bay, as he'd run out of...
I might add that our own @William Walker uploaded this.
Been on a little Ross binge lately, and really enjoying watching his style. A true all-time great, champion in three divisions when it was a...
Oddly enough, I've been meaning to start a thread about Barney Ross lately. Good timing on this one.
