Carlos Padilla did not allow an aging 225 pound Ali to yank on Joe's head in Manila, and Muhammad stopped him anyway. If Padilla had been the...
Joe proved with Zyglewicz (scored a knockdown 13 seconds in), Daniels (knockdown at the end of round one) and Ramos (only the ropes prevented...
Like many others, I too read Lipton's account with interest. Galento had huge muscular calves and powerful thighs to help generate tremendous...
Actually, Holmes should have had Norton beaten on the cards after ten rounds, but the fact Ken was WBC Champion, with the onus by that...
Dave Green was Ray's Cleveland Williams moment. "I felt like a champion, and fought accordingly." The best right uppercut-left hook combination of...
In unguarded moments during some of his last coherent televised interviews, Ali himself commented when viewing archival footage of his earlier...
Frazier was better prepared for his second bout with Ali than he had been for George in Kingston, yet Muhammad also nearly dropped Joe on his...
Yet interestingly, Muggsy Bogues was the shortest player in NBA history, and had a respectable 14 year career from 1987 to 2001. Earl Boykins is...
Larry was a primary sparring mate of Ali's as Muhammad prepared for Kinshasa, and of course stopped Rodney Bobick on the under card at Manila, so...
He was a showboat, continually raising his arms over a fallen opponent throughout most of his 20s before retreating to a neutral corner, doing...
Possibly because he steered clear of the IBC stranglehold on championship boxing in the United States, confining himself to Europe and in late...
I watched the entirety of his win over Terrell, dropping Ernie on his face with a second round right hand, a knockdown Terrell avenged with a left...
Ali did what he could to spare his vulnerable hands. Many of his double jabs in the rematch with Jerry Quarry were a deliberate miss with the...
It was after Tyson-Green that analysts said his power was not so comparable to that of Foreman's, but more like Frazier's, and that Smokin' Joe...
I'm going by nativity, residency and heritage combined, so for me it comes down to Benvenuti or Loi. Certainly Nino was more famous. But Loi won...
