Do: Foreman, Jersey Joe Walcott, Saddler Don't: None really.
The left hook which started Butler's downfall was a thing of beauty. Subtle rhythm and cadence shift right after that powerful right to the body....
My current Ali-Norton II card: 10-9 10-9 10-9 Ali sticks and moves. Beautiful. As Futch said: Norton tried to bob and weave, getting into Ali's...
Haney looks legit terrifying during a weight in. Inoue probably didn't want to make an unnecessary, drastic cut and miscalculated by few inches.
Norton sorely regretted splitting with Futch, claiming he could much more of a fighter with him. He likely would take the rubber match comfortably...
Butler wanted to conserve his energy for round 12, but got KO'ed on the way there. Shame. Good plan.
On my cards, Joshua lost by a wider margin in the 2nd, but the rounds seemed more competitive. In the first Usyk dropped some middle rounds, but...
Harper vs Choi needs to happen.
7-4-1 seems to be a pretty consistent scoring for this fight. I believe the bias in Ali's favor definitely influenced the cards at the time.
Thunderous atmosphere. Wish Ali would wear the Elvis robe more after the fight. Norton telling Howard he is always wrong is an all-time moment...
Among the all-time feather greats, do you have him in top 10? 5?
Just rewatched it. Stupendous fight that humbled Ali after the post-FOTC streak he amassed. Clearly lost a step because of lacking training camp;...
Spinks-Joshua II and Braddock-Louis were the equivalents of Duran taking a title from Kambosos.
You are 25 years old, bum. Get over it and get back to gym.
Can't believe I'll be watching Lopez over Crawford. No stakes here, really. You can dissect the style and skills later anyways.
