As you already know this, I'll simply reiterate for the edification of our younger and newer posters: For context, it seems all we have to go on...
He was an unusually dull and colorless fighter, even when blasting out Coopman (which was shown as part of the Holmes-Evangelista prefight...
I'm guessing that you're referring to Jerry's desperation assault in round three, after he got cut. Even near the end, just as referee LoBianco...
Agreed, but he did have Leon in some brief early trouble. The main reason I mentioned that one though, is because the combination Leon knocked him...
Foreman is the Joe DiMaggio of our era. Anybody remember Joltin' Joe's television commercials for Mr. Coffee during the 1970s? Until then, he was...
A cautionary reminder though, JT, that this was also believed of 188 pound stringbean Garcia when he first squared off with Ken (then on the brink...
No, I don't believe there ever was a significant such interval for Norton. Now that a number of reviewers have had an opportunity to evaluate...
JohnGarfield indicated in a post reply to an inquiry of mine that he considered Robby's first match with Olson to be perhaps Ray's final peak...
I believe Hamsho would have been the dominant middleweight through most of Hagler's reign if Marv had never existed. He stopped Boogaloo in 1978,...
As far as I'm concerned, the Pryor-Arguello rematch went a long way to answering that. Yes, Alexis was pass his best, and had regressed from...
Fernandez was able to beat Arguello because that one was scheduled for ten rounds. Nonetheless, a majority decision was a very fair reflection of...
That's what I see. Over the championship distance, Tommy would be in terrible trouble late. He tried boxing SRL, and wilted as their first match...
Good question. Because of how his hip was injured when Firpo shoved him out of the ring, I believe Jack probably should have retired at this...
I had long since stopped following boxing by that time, but how many of them originated their development under the auspices of the Soviet sports...
The fact remains that LaMotta didn't go after Maxim in 1950, even though making weight was a struggle for Jake. Joey had a bit too much in the way...
