Very true. I think Foreman knew this and was quite shocked.
I agree with both hypothesis here.
Definitely one of the very best. I was a great admirer of his defensive skills in particular. I'd still put Duran in the number one spot at...
Ali would always have had Foreman's number.
Why ? Liston asserted his superiority twice over and that's putting it mildly !!!
118-110 was way over the top but I still consider Leonard to have won it by around three or four rounds. He made all the early running thus...
The Bugner of 1973-75 vintage versus Spinks of the first Ali fight.
No. Similarly to Chris Eubank,he'd haveput up a good fight but would have found Thompson too naturally big.
Good post :good Form wise that fight may have been one of Ali's best of the seventies. Not quite as good as he was in the second fight against...
Both were as equally ridiculous. The Ali-Inoki one was more harmful. Ali picked up nasty leg injuries.
Max outboxes Jimmy. Was just that little bit better. The huge payday that a Louis rematch would get him would be too tempting an offer to...
I reckon intimidation WAS. Not in the "You hit me...I hit you and we'll see who comes out of it" kind of way. Sonny was fine with that. More...
This is definitely the first I've heard or read of Ali and Foster fighting as amateurs :huh
Pretty fair assessment :good
It was a genuine punch which caught Liston coming in thus increasing the impact. Not hard enough to score a ko but Muhammad had Sonny's mind...