I’m going to go with Tony Tucker. Tony split a pair of close fights with Orlin Norris (split and majority decisions) and he’s not exactly a guy...
Right behind Fife. I just don’t think the purple dinosaur has the hand speed to keep up with the Mayberry Mauler.
If it wasn’t sanctioned as an actual fight (even if there were judges), then it’s an exhibition. But if we want to overrule the athletic...
Leon beats down Foster over 11 or 12 rounds for a late stoppage. Foster pulls Spinks over while he’s driving after the postfight party, but being...
I’d like to have seen Marvin Hagler step up to light heavyweight against Michael Spinks, Dwight Qawi or some others of that era. I don’t think...
I’d say we’re in agreement on the order, but I’d put Smith and Weaver in a class above the rest, so a gap after that top tier.
Apart from his last couple of years when he was declining, did anyone other than Ezzard Charles really look good against Joey Maxim? You were...
I see it the same. Ingo was a lover, not a fighter when it came to getting physical — and while Botha had some boxing skill and ability, I figure...
Monzon too big at middle — UD if 10 or 12, possibly late stoppage if it’s 15. If he comes down to welter, he’s a skeleton and Ray knocks him out....
The idea that we’d have to choose three guys from different weight divisions (I know a lot of guys moved through several so I’d say stick to what...
This has got to be the most white-on-white fight anyone could make, but that’s immaterial. Both were of some note as heavyweights — Ingo of course...
Billy Backus over Jose Napoles Not a win but Vito Antuofermo retaining vs. Hagler with a draw fits this bill. I’d argue Joe Frazier over...
I think we have to include Muhammad Ali — some of his combos and punches in his early days were unseen before his time (at least at heavyweight)...
If this forum was around in 1936, someone somewhere on it would say ‘This Sonny Liston kid is 30 years old if he’s a day. That’s no teenager!’
I rate him as the best boxing Barney (with an asterisk) ahead of Battling Levinsky (true name Barney Williams). The asterisk is because Ross’...
