I don't think there is any hard and fast rule that when a fighter scores a knockdown, he is limited to a 10-8 advantage for the round. With a...
Briscoe, Satterfield, Tiger Jack Fox, Lloyd Marshall, Henry Hank, Henry Armstrong, Joe Frazier, LaMotta, Graziano.
I think he was growing so fast and making so much money as a contender that he was out of the division before he could focus on a title.
Robinson's path was "easy," only in the sense that he was good enough to win virtually all his fights against the best fighters of his era. He was...
I have watched the fight film over the course of my lifetime maybe six or seven times, including the 16mm print purchased over 30 years ago which...
Maybe "robbed" is a little too strong for some of these, but these are fights I thought Eddie Cotton won: Johnny Persol 1 -- AP and UPI had Eddie...
Why would you bother to ask? Twenty-eight seconds plus the count, 29 at most.
The only case that can be made is P4P among heavyweights, not H2H. And just as plausible a case can be made for any number of other heavyweights...
As an addendum to my previous post on this thread, here is an article about Willie Pep's dementia:...
As far as footage of old-school fighters go, there is 1949 footage of Tony Zale being interviewed just after he retired. He speaks indistinctly,...
Boy, this is news to me. Your sample is very small, and includes only the elite boxers. I would bet that among the long-time journeymen fighters...
Tiger Jones said that Olson gave him the worst beating of his career, and the footage of that fight supports it. The footage of Olson versus Maxim...
LaMotta was a great one to play possum and come on at the end of a round. His title defense against Dauthuille must rank as the equal or better of...
I can't hold Johnson's early losses against him. There were no amateurs in his day so he was thrown into the mix right away. Marciano had the...
I agree 100 percent. I was in my teens during that time so I grew up hearing him, but I still disliked his presentation. He always had an agenda,...
