Right. It was a spinal tap.
A problem with this post is that there is so little footage of the fighters listed for us to judge by. There might be a little of Campolo, but who...
The pre-exile Ali (Patterson 1 through Folley) would have defeated Lewis. Ali handled Terrell with ease. He would have had to be more careful with...
I was 12 years old when I saw this fight on TV. It still sticks in my mind as the most sickening sight I have ever seen. What the hell was Ruby...
D'Amato had required Rademacher's backers to place $100,000 in an escrow account to guarantee a rematch for Patterson if Pete prevailed. That...
In answer to the main question, technique improved a lot from 1890 to 1915-20, not so much afterward. Most relevant, I think is Mike Gibbons' "How...
I agree, that as Pat M says, Doug Jones was old-school, well trained. By this I mean he was an aggressive boxer/puncher who knew how to gradually...
I'm late to the party, but these come to mind as fighters who have not yet been put forward: Billy Backus, Jimmy Goodrich, Freddie Cochrane, Lauro...
I admit I've only seen three or four of his fights.
Really, it IS a close contest between Lennox and Vlad for the most boring.
If having a better chin would have made him more aggressive, maybe he could be considered one of the top 5, but as it was he never let it all hang...
Taking this forum offering seriously, what about Galento vs. the Better Bean? Does anyone want to start that thread? Or has it already been offered?
I don't understand the premise for this post. Henry Armstrong DID win the featherweight title. Are you trying to re-write history or what?? Also,...
Don't know if anybody remembers this guy, but Alan Moody of Chicago in the 50s was hyped to the high heavens until Del Flanagan of all people...
Holly Mims deserved the decisions against Joey Archer and Ruben Carter. Eddie Cotton deserved the decisions in his first fights against Wayne...