An excellent survey!
I totally see where you're coming from re Mike Tyson. I would definitely rate Holmes over Tyson on an all time great list but maybe Mike has the...
It's always been my opinion that Ali did n't really take too much punishment in the Foreman fight. Okay,he was tagged by a few big shots but he...
I see your point. This is a very thought provoking thread,is n't it? And all the better for that.
True. Chris was very much a latter day Jimmy Young and I mean that as a compliment to him.
Definitely agree with your top 3 for 1960s and 1970s. I would slide Larry Holmes in just ahead of Mike Tyson in the 1980s though. Good...
Tim Witherspoon may have given Muhammad Ali a tough go judging how well he did against an only slightly past his best Larry Holmes.
Yeah Muhammad had guts in and out of the ring. Vietnam war was as a total crock of shite! "What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"
My dad was the same. He originally said that Joe would beat Muhammad but changed his mind towards the end of his life.
I agree. Dempsey was great for his time and I would rate him the number two all time heavy prior to Joe Louis' era but I cannot see beating a...
I first noticed something wrong in 1979 when he came over for a "Retirement tour" He was in front of a crowd of celebs and talking. I thought...
I like the humorous way Ken described what happened "My plan was to come forward then back off and make George throw the first shot then I would...
Even after all these years I still can't bring myself to watch the Holmes fight. Only seen snippets from it. I watched the Berbick bout once and...
Spot on mate. Manila would have been a great time for Muhammad to bring down the curtain. In fact he really had nothing to prove after Zaire one...
True. The great man ceased to be a "Great fighter" in Manila 1975. As you said,he was till a "Very good" one against Earnie two years later.
