I'm glad that Ken's getting a statue. Nice honour.
I once went out with a girl whose mum had a relationship with Eddie Thomas. Never met him though which was a shame.
Yeah you don't expect The Ring to get things like that wrong.
It was in Ring Magazine when I first picked up on Hagler too. I think it was a report on his bout with Bennie Briscoe a few years before he...
Welcome to the site,Stewart.
Forties are a brilliant era. I like Kid Gavilan a lot.
And Hagler would not fight at 154lbs. As he often said "I am a legit middleweight" He sensibly stayed at that weight....
And not forgetting that Leonard was also past his best when he fought Hagler. Just imagine what a fight between them in their primes would have...
Yes,Tyson's style all wrong for Joe. Frazier would do better against the likes of Muihammad Ali and prime Larry Holmes than Tyson would but,as...
Giardello was an excellent boxer.
Precisely.
I actually thought the song was one of Dylan's better ones.
True. It was obvious that there was something wrong at this point in time.
I find it hard to believe that there was anything seriously wrong by the early seventies or even middle seventies. Obviously I'm not qualified to...
I recall him sparring with Tim Witherspoon circa 1984-85 but I can't remember anything about a proper comeback being discussed. Muhammad was...