After over half a dozen posts, nobody has pointed out that Floyd Patterson himself trained a son who was not biologically his own to a pair of...
Floyd had blinding hand speed, and was an excellent body puncher. Jimmy also attacked the body well, but the way Patterson positioned his torso...
Johnson is his idol. Between rounds of his matches, you can hear his corner men calling him "Big Jack," a nickname in reference to Lil' Artha'...
I didn't know the details of Coley-Mamby, just that it was a weird and glaring anomaly in his career. (I figured he might simply have been caught...
Angelo Dundee should never have let Love out for round nine, one of the very few times Angie was spied exercising bad corner judgment on...
1) Chuvalo. Mildenberger was awkward, and no southpaw had ever challenged for the heavyweight title, but the German did not inflict the same...
Rated even over Tex Cobb's at times in the early 1980s, on the grounds that his was more tested and proven in more frequent competition....
Not a bad analogy. Mamby himself figured he had only two or three more fights left in him following that first match with Haley, yet he trucked on...
I remember a fight on ESPN between Kenny "Bang Bang" Bogner and Kato Wilson which was so good that Bob Arum awarded each with a $500 bonus...
Jerry Quarry was really laid back and relaxed when he dominated Spencer, but tighter than a crab's ass for the rematch with Ali, and seeing him...
When I saw you mention Fireball (who wobbled SRL with a good one), Duran-Mendoza immediately popped into my head. I'm sure somebody else (and...
I'd like to see Moyer-Giambra for the inaugural WBA SWW Title fight in 1962. The only time Liston ever went the championship distance was as a...
For marketing purposes, George has good reason to keep his weight under a semblance of control. Ballooning into a 400 pounder would decimate his...
Sweet Saoul Mamby was highly noted for calmness in competition, and Gil Clancy repeatedly made note of that even when Leroy Haley dethroned him...
Vent all you want, RC. You know you have plenty of support here. I get tired of ranting about it, so if you have the energy to pick up the ball...
