If Sanchez hadn't been killed, then maybe Pedroza would have given Nelson a shot and set out to outdo Sal as he did with Pat Ford.
This. It was not ever going to be tenable for Johnson to get a title shot after his antics as champion. What Wills should have done was...
I think that's correct. (It's been years since I read up on Jackson in detail though.)
A viable explanation, TGA. Still, after Daniels in January 1972, he only produced two knockdowns in his final nine fights. (Bugner 1X, and JQ 1X....
After the FOTC, the chip was off Frazier's shoulder, and the driving motivation which fueled his need to prove himself as the one and only...
At least they do have Eddie Booker enshrined, one of Stoney's pet projects for the IBHOF.
:lol:Of course you HAD to ask me that, didn't you Nicky? Well, here it is, courtesy of our friend TGA. At 7:06 of this clip, Jake switches to the...
With respect to European middleweights active during WW II, I'd start with Marcel Cerdan's record, and then network out from there. Even within...
Plenty of posters here with a particular ethnic background or awareness ought to be able to generate names of their favorites. I'm very far from...
Nor would it surprise me if Ray went after Tommy early, like he did Dykes, in a bid to eliminate or reduce the threat posed by Hearns quickly....
A lot of good fighters were frozen out by WW II. Polish-American Tommy Yarosz, Teddy's less fortunate brother, is one which comes to my mind...
Speaking of which, Jake himself was a switch hitter, and there is some footage of him shifting to a southpaw stance.
This was Tommy's best weight, but it was Ray's natural weight division as far back as 1945. Hearns didn't take body shots well, as SRL and Hagler...
They certainly didn't get off the ground very well, and their reputation never really recovered. They failed to supplant the Ring BHOF, then...
Paulino Uzcudun, like Frazier, sustained an injury to his left arm which prevented him from extending it fully, and he devised his cross armed...
