Rocky let Sonny Liston age out.
I of course do not have quotes from Don King saying what options he wanted because afaik he’s never openly spoken about that part of offers or...
The ref had a quick trigger, but: You’ve been knocked down, you say you’re OK, yet you let the guy run 30-odd punches on you without throwing back...
Don King always wanted options on future fights of anyone facing guys he controlled. Options means he had their promotional rights — they had to...
I’m not willing to go the ‘Joey Curtis was crooked’ route because he was so roundly criticized for the quick Dokes-Weaver stoppage that he may...
I’d say these guys strike me as pretty complete: Riddick Bowe: Could fight in or out, could box off the jab and had power. Evander Holyfield:...
Jorge Paez and Troy Dorsey in their two-fight series was, to my memory, a real test of judging. Troy threw punches basically non-stop but many of...
Well if there’s one constant in boxing, it’s that we can always take Don King’s word as golden truth. The fight was to go to purse bids because...
How could I have forgotten “The Entertainer” himself, the always-exciting Johnny Nelson?
We all know the type: flashy with a lot of style and always eager to please the crowd with whatever antics at their disposal. Let’s pay tribute...
Benitez-Palomino is an interesting pick. You don’t see it come up often and I haven’t rewatched it for years, but remember thinking it was...
Yeah just a different definition. I’d say if you’re world class for that long, you win a world title. Maybe in eras where there’s one champion...
If you start up on the British fractions system, I’m going to bring @scartissue in here for reinforcements.
I could see Leon winning a war of attrition. He might smother enough of Earnie’s blunt force and bang away to the body well enough to outwork him...
I rank his PED supply up there with anyone’s in his era, in any weight class.
