1) Larry Holmes 2) Floyd Patterson - D'amato's fault 3) Sammy Serrano 4) Pipino Cuevas 5) Santos Laciar 6)old Foreman 7) Nino LaRocca 8)...
Good one, Seamus. If Henry Cooper, Doug Jones, and George Chuvalo could give prime Ali such trouble, I wonder what a truly great opponent...
I will go with Tyson, but it depends on who the referee is. If Ali is allowed to hold, he'll tire Mike out and stop him late. If the ref makes...
Brutal fight, similar to Lyle's fight with LeDoux, but a prime Lyle was superior and would win by majority decision.
Shavers vs. Young, I and II
Greg Page
I think the legendary Montreal Duran, fierce and fearless, might have mauled and beaten the spindly 145 pound Hearns that Leonard beat. Tommy had...
I don't think it's fair to say Evangelista is worse than many club fighters. He was a journeyman, granted with a very padded record. But it is a...
Did anyone see this fight? How did Snipes manage to lose?
Ezzard Charles, anyone?
Chuvalo was a tough punching bag who lost to a whole bunch of guys you never heard of. Tirrell was tall, but spindly and frail. Ali beat Liston...
Thomas outboxes him...very cautiously.
Mostly it was that the competition was so stiff. Quarry, in my opinion, just wasn't big enough. Lyle was big and powerful, but he turned pro very...
Jesse Burnett, Mike Weaver, Jesse Ferguson were all decent fighters with many L's on the record.
Ali's great 60's defenses against Patterson, Cooper, London, and Folley...the toughest cruiserweights of all time, certainly mean that he would...
