Guys like Crabtree are often more interesting than the pampered amateur star who came up with the right promoter making sure they were taken care...
His rise to prominence as a heavyweight is an amazing and often overlooked boxing tale. I’m a huge Ellis fan. Dude could box but he had a lot of...
If Knoxville, Tennessee, were located just a shade to the west, the televised card would have spanned three time zones. Alas, both Maryland and...
Riche was a two-time national amateur champ at flyweight. He made the U.S. Olympic boxing team for the 1980 Summer Games but was robbed of the...
But wait, there’s more. In Las Vegas, the undercard saw Marvin Camel win the vacant inaugural WBC cruiserweight title with a 15-round decision...
Good man. I appreciate your take on it, especially the part at the bottom which really mirrors my observations on Tate. I had forgotten how good...
John Tate (c) vs. Mike Weaver, scheduled for 15 rounds for the WBA heavyweight championship on March 31, 1980, at Stokley Athletics Center on the...
Both lefties, too, if MMH chooses to use that stance.
The win over a 10-loss Page was by virtue of two points deductions and otherwise would have been a draw. I don’t think Damiani looked good in that...
Have to go with Gerry here. Damiani has an even shorter and less revealing resume than Cooney. He didn’t look that good against a well-past-it...
I don’t think Frans was the same after Wlad either. Hence only having one more fight before retiring (and later un-retiring, but that’s a...
Holmes uses his jab like Picasso used a paintbrush. First, he splits Rocky’s nose down the middle like Ezzard did. Then he uses the left like a...
OK, you and I reckon their careers differently. I think Botha was at the end of his rope when he fought to a ddraw with Etienne. We generally...
Agree, and Ragamuffin ragdolled Curry. It was an overwhelming victory over a prime (if probably weight-drained) top-tier P4P guy at the time. So...
Which guys that Botha lost to do you think Ingo would beat? I think if he fought the same competition, Johansson would likely lose to all the ones...
