Thanks for this. Very interesting to read. Eder was a great.....great fighter and,in my opinion,the second best pound for pound boxer of the...
Food for thought. Kalambay would have had the physical advantages over the post prime Leonard but Ray could well have improvised some sort of...
Obviously Ray would be rated far higher in an all time great list than Sumbu would but how about the 1988 versions of both men? Supposing Leonard...
I agree,Fergy. Hagler was still dangerous but definitely past his best at this point.
One of Muhammad's best post-exile performances along with the second Norton and Frazier fights plus the Foreman bout. Ali was one step ahead of...
An emphatic NO from me. Roy was arguably the best super-middleweight ever.
Young could quite feasibly last the distance with Louis,and make him look bad at times but would lose a fairly wide decision. Joe would...
Muhammad was doing it quite often during his two fights with Joe Bugner. And,unlike the Young bout,looked quite good in doing so.
Muhammad was fast approaching the best form of his career so there was no way that Floyd would have beaten him at this point in time. With no...
I thought Ken earned his slot in that film. Beating Ali once qualifies him.
That's right. Many people's views evolve.
Did n't Sonny Liston also have a fling with Lena Horne?
I read that too. On first sight the writer thought to himself "No....surely not! Not after 15 rounds with Joe Frazier??" That definitely would...
This.
Absolutely. The book this article is from,'McIlvanney On Boxing' is one of the best boxing books I've ever read.
