Jock McAvoy The Rochdale Thunderbolt. A seething mass of bad intentions who had a hair trigger temper, a punch that was dynamite, and a...
Ok put the 18 year old Tyson against the 20 year old Munich Olympic gold Stevenson.
Well putting Audley against Lewis first pro fight might have done the sport of boxing a favour. No doubt Cus would have prepared a game plan,...
Same could be said about Tyson in a way, early despatching of his opponent being his game plan. Ok Tyson was proven over the full distance, but...
Let us look at it another way would Tyson won in his first pro bout if that had been against Stevenson?
Jack Kearns made the fights, he made Dempsey a lot of money, (made lot for himself too) and he saw less money being made fighting a coloured...
I will say Brian London who stated in a interview i got in position to fight Ali but i was not good enough to. Though Lubbers, Coopman and...
Another consideration would be their respective ages when active, as Dempsey by age of 31 had lost the title wheras Bonecrusher did not even turn...
Cassius Clay brought something to the game with Liston that others had not, the psychological warfare. Ok that is not enough to stop a wrecking...
Thoughts are the process of using your mind to consider something.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. Vince Lombardi
Indeed he wasn't, but likewise he was a journeyman, who lost (including newspaper decisions) more bouts than he won, the fight was taken after...
Baclava a fine post bro, thanks.
Even Listons death is a dream for conspiracy theorists, same goes for the 2 bouts with Clay/Ali. Liston lost be that because: Clay got to him...
Money Money Money. Fighting another coloured boxer would not have made much money. Johnson liked to be the 'bad man' regarding his colour...
