Nat may have just gotten a little lazy, and was probably a very, very busy man at that stage, already into his 70s. Yes, that McGoorty was in...
Stats made Reagan's eyes glaze over too, in that first 1984 debate with Mondale, when his handlers drilled the specifics into him. Following that...
McGrain had to stipulate and capitalize CHAMPIONS only :readthre:when he created this thread, or else he knew he'd get bombed with names like...
Thad Spencer never won another match after Terrell. He went from the favorite to win the WBA tournament into free fall. Cuevas was never the...
I really don't like that cross armed defense against a body hooking specialist. (This is somewhat ironic, considering that Ken was a primary...
B, I'm afraid I can't answer when Robby first got rated by Fleischer at welterweight, as I've never had a Ring Record Book which predates the 1957...
No, I think the biggest issue with Norton is his weak psyche, then general punch resistance and resilience. The first knockdown Shavers scored on...
I do wonder about just what kind of power he actually possessed. He dropped Walker in their first fight, and knocked out Kid Lewis the final time...
May 28, 1975, to be precise. (Interestingly, this was a major UPI story in my local paper. Ezz was not in any way obscure or forgotten when he...
His confidential medical records would make for fascinating reading. What we do have is this: http://www.harrygreb.com/blind_eye_chronology.html...
Cooney did have much more fire power than Jerry, but he didn't have the same ability to take a shot, and nowhere near the quickness or experience....
Willie apparently made a volitional choice not to try hurting his opponents. Also, he did take up boxing to lose weight (he reportedly scaled 250...
El Bujia did bring up Harold in post #13 as a superior choice to Gomez, but I agree he should have been one of the first names mentioned, not 14...
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Canto was indeed ranked alongside Duran, Napoles and Monzon as an ATG. One might have expected him to have been...
Rocky Estafire was the only one I was aware of. I remember reading how he wore a keffiyeh to the ring for an early match not long after the Arab...
