I think you have things, backwards. In today's world, there are no champs, only contenders. Unless, of course, there is one champion in the...
I don't care much about lists. I rely on what I see. During their peak years, their records against similar competition were comparable, virtually...
Emile Griffith and Luis Rodriquez split their first two fights, and then Rodriquez went 0 for 2 in the last two. Questionable decisions. In my...
Al Weill's theory of managing a heavyweight champion was to have two fights per year to allow for a long build-up and to save his fighter from...
Crowd noise.
Are we supposed to define our own century? Yours seems to date either from 1889 to 1989 or 1885 to 1985, depending on whether you start with...
I know it was a sidelight to what should be an interesting thread, but I just couldn't let it pass.
Don't know how you could compare Joe Gans' jab with someone like Joe Louis or Sonny Liston who put their whole bodies behind their jabs. I presume...
I disagree vehemently with you about Ali. As far as I am concerned, his pinnacle was reached before his 1967-68 exile when he defeated Liston,...
Ole-timers perspective: Mike Gibbons, Jock Malone, Billy Petrolle, Willie Pep, Tony Canzoneri. Nicolino Locche was pretty good too.
I defer to those who know more about Azumah Nelson than I do.
Tiger was strong, particularly when compared to the fighters he fought as a middleweight. Arthur Mercante said he was the strongest fighter he...
Hogan (Kid) Bassey was pretty good too at least from movies I have seen, clips mostly. Shouldn't he be considered in this discussion.
This is probably the most accurate P4P list I've ever seen.
Title fights are more important than non-title fights in that they are more likely to present the fighters at their peak performance when they...
