The fact that two divergent point of view can reasonably be considered here in the way of opposition proves I think, just how close these two are....
Increase historical status? No. Increase your earning potential? Enormously, beyond question. As far back as 1977, Ray Leoanrd earned $50,000...
I read years ago that Hamsho took 55 stitches after that fight, the anniversary of which was just this past Sunday. 55 stitches. Can you imagine?...
I think I rate Nelson a bit higher as he might rank just a bit more highly in resume (almost a toss up though), but in general I think McCallum...
I would actually argue that Ray Mancini is probably OVERrated by the general public since he was a name the garden-variety sports fan might...
Wow. Hmm. I don't know. Have to think about it.
Prince Charles Williams Mustafa Hamsho Sugar Ramos Rafael Herrera
Always admired him. Were it not for Hagler he'd have been a champ for sure. Between 1980-83 I think he was unquestionably the second-best...
Pedroza for both.
In fairness, who DOES like that cheating silver-spoon piece of $%&@?
Laporte can't win this. Villasana swarms over him and outpunches him ten to one. Neither guy is getting stopped but Marcos wins fairly wide.
He's as interesting for his inscrutable cool as his ring accolades, which are plenty. I read years ago that he honed his training to such an...
Nunn fairly easily. Briscoe is one of the all-time gatekeepers, it's true, but his ledger against real good opposition is almost all losses.
Not that it means anything, but I draw a definite line between Mexican and Mexican-American. Different things. Different gyms, different...
My own favorites are Zarate-Zamora, Morales-Barrera 1, Herrera-Castillo (where Herrera wins), Zarate-Pintor, and Pintor-Meza, a somewhat...
