Liston was born no earlier than 1930 but some say as late as 1932. Even if he was born in 1932... that means at age 28 he had not yet fought Zora...
Liston's a little taller, they were similar in weight, Liston had a much longer reach but Tyson was used to having the shorter reach and fought...
I wish Frazier would have fought... Liston in 1968 or '69, Patterson in 1972, and Young, Lyle, and Shavers at some point. I also wish he would...
I'll assume Rocky would be in pretty decent shape. With that in mind... Ingo was a good fighter. He'd be a little taller with a longer reach and...
Loughran, Jimmy Bivins, Harold , James Toney, Roy Jones Jr.
Ezzard Charles- Many consider him the best LHW ever. He was also HW Champ Michael Moorer- WBO LHW Champ, WBO HW Champ, Lineal HW Champ (WBA/IBF...
I was visiting friends in Philly over the weekend when I heard about how bad he was doing on the local news. I hadn't been there in over 20...
As far as being favored? I don't really care about what the masses think. Who do I think he could have beat? Maybe these guys? Henry Armstrong...
Trinidad was down a lot though, especially in the 2nd round... however, he usually went on to stop the fighter who dropped him. Hagler was one...
Taylor never looked very impressive at WW IMO... but until he lost to Terry Norris (which was for Norris' JMW title)... he was considered the man...
Charles was one of the greatest fighters ever though
There is probably no bigger Ezzard Charles fan than myself but I'm even getting tired of reading about him on here.
yeah I don't get it... way too many Mayorga, Quarry, Shavers, Lyle, Cooney, and a few other in these "mythical" matches.
At times he- threw the hook too wide, kept his hands low, pulled straight back from punches, after jabbing didn't bring his hand back fast...
Well, I don't like him like the thread starter likes him but he was a pretty good fighter. He got outhustled by inferior fighters a few times. He...
