No blowing my own horn, might have been me a few years back. I sometimes go through extensive study of fighters and have often said, you can see...
Greatness is defined by many a thing - the resumé is most important, but for me, personally, the character and intangiables do count. Ali was a...
Hmmm, in the first fight, Ali had his best moments when he came off his toes and boxed off the jab, controlling ring centre. The Rope-A-Dope was...
Hence the infamous speech post-fight denouncing his renouncers. I wasn't alive during the fight but my dad was and he always said, people...
Thanks JT1, as I always say, Batman, lurking, waiting for the city to need a hero I have thought about it a bit more. Outside of his chin being...
I wish I had more time to break down the specifics of the stylistic and technical clashes that each potential match up would bring in more detail.
Peak Hagler is probably the one that demolished Sibson. This has to be the Hagler that I envision. However, there's slight concerns that I see in...
Hmmm, SRR punches harder than Leonard, has proven durability, just as quick with the knock out punches and has more killer instinct. Tommy...
Hearns throws a better jab, right hand and hook to the body. Hearns is faster, more explosive, Monzon is smoother, seems to have more time in the...
Pea had more flashier footwork, but he crossed his feet routinely, leaving himself momentarily off balance and open to flash knock-downs....
Devil's Advocate His climb in weight compared to where he started. He dared to be great - took on fights when he was the smaller man with the...
Whilst I will admit that the competition was superior/stronger in the 70s, you'll struggle to convince me that you can take a fighter such as Ali...
Again, hard to disagree but also the exact same fight that has me downgrade his chances in hypothetical match ups. Evan Fields stood his ground...
It's perfectly logical to us but absolutely counter-intuitive that a fighter's best showing/version of themselves is in a loss. The hard bit is...
Similarly, are there fighters whose best relative performances come in losses or even being stopped by an undoubtably elite fighter e.g. Meldrick...
