Remember the mouse that Clay/Ali opened up ender his eye in the first fight. Can you imagine fifteen rounds of that?
The only difference between Lewiston and the No Mas fight is that Duran would have just ended up embarrassed. Liston would have ended up lumped up.
People paid money to see it. Jersey Joe should have sent them to their neutral corners and sorted things out. IMO that's the last thing Liston...
I shouldn't have been flippant about Larry jabbing him to death but he was the busier fighter in the ring and when it came to defending his title.
Who wins?
Larry was an active champion. Fury wasn't.
My favorite Quarry story. When he was about to face Ali in Atlanta his whole family, I believe there were nine of them, were watching Ali train....
No. I didn't watch Butterbean at a bar. The only fight I distinctly remember watching at a bar was Holmes-Norton. There must have been a dozen...
They weren't any great shakes but he also dominated Ocasio, Leon Spinks and Evangelista. Come to think of it I might have watched some of those...
I don't think Liston ever paid Ali his dues. When Ali was asked , many years later, what he would say to Liston he said, "Man, you scared me ."
I watched many of his fights live. I watched the Norton fight live at Mike's Bar in DeBary, Florida. It was on free tv. There was a betting...
Please discuss. Thank you.
I know that was a rhetorical question and I won't give a smart ass answer but we can agree there were boxers he dominated. Maybe they weren't all...
Cooney.
