That's a reasonable conclusion. Even when they did fight, Mike had difficulty finishing Larry off, needed 45 seconds between the second and third...
One punch, and down for the full count, one by a left hook, the other by a right hand, in championship round competition:...
Let's see...He's talking about a mile to a mile and a half walk and run out and back before breakfast. That's up to three miles right away. (Ali...
The odds were insane, but there were warning signs. It made news when Page decked him in sparring, but many journalists dismissed it, saying,...
Nellie Bly's classic article on Sullivan's preparation for Kilrain is as good a place as any to start....
Dempsey himself was part Choctaw and part Cherokee, was actually the first heavyweight champion to have ever resided in Harlem, and would probably...
As long as Chuvalo gets automatic mention in these threads, his great Canadian rival Bob Cleroux ought to also be acknowledged at some point. Zora...
After seeing how Tommy lost his first match to SRL, I guess I was more impressed with his clinching than anything else. He turned a glaring...
Uzcudun, and why he employed the cross arm, was the primary focus of that post, and I happened to refer to Frazier in passing. I made mention of...
:thinkHmmm...How do you suppose "mean and irritated" would have served him in competition against opponents like Stewart, Morrison and Briggs?...
Among Hagler's contemporaries, Benitez was noted for doing it. Czyz also did it for defensive purposes. Hagler was almost ambidextrous at times in...
Al Weill could certainly fit this description with Servo and Marciano.
Griff certainly confused Joey Archer in their rematch by shifting his left from guarding his head to a low position. I don't specifically recall...
Klompton, that's a good stream of consciousness post. Please don't forget to take a breath, preview your posts, and break into paragraphs when you...
All right then. Allow me an attempt at tearing myself away from my wartime frozen title fixation. You're thinking about names like Villemain,...
