Oh well, I'm a pretty devoted follower of the old stuff.
Also because Charles was an active champion and he had cleaned up the division pretty well and needed a challenger for a payday. He had beaten...
Modern or traditional jazz?
Yes, the Ring's month-to-month ratings are a bit more helpful because they are more current than the annual ratings. If you compare the Ring's...
Without spending the time to get into specifics of each fighter you have listed as to why they didn't fight the pre-title Rocky, some of those...
Yes, I have trouble understanding what issue McGrain was intending to raise with this thread.
I like the Ali from a year or two later a little better than the '64 model. I agree, thought that '64 trumps '74.
Watch the first Ray Miller-Tommy Grogan and Danny Nardico-Charlie Norkus fights.
Yes, he really was a beanpole.
Liston at his best way too big and strong for Billy. End of story.
If you click on the direct link to youtube which shows up after you click McVey's link you can look at it. At least, I can.
You give him too much credit.
He was still fighting like an amateur when he fought Marciano. Stiff, very regimented on-guard style, etc. He didn't look relaxed, and he didn't...
Yes, he was resting on his laurels as the fighter who had lost a split-decision to Marciano. No one else could claim that at the time. Until then...
I think a lot of times these cases of "a young career being derailed by one loss" are more cases where the fighter finally meets a level of...
