Scar, I saw this back in the mid-90s. I bought a boxing mag which had a VHS with this fight and Hagler's third fight with Willie The Worm Monroe...
Great thread idea @janitor!
1950s: Frankie Carbo and Blinky Palermo joint award
I have it at no. 14 on my list. It's objectively speaking one of the great fights and arguably the best title fight since 2000. I actually loved...
Does anyone really, genuinely think Bruno could beat Larry Holmes? Clearly a prime (1980) Holmes will beat Bruno - shouldn't be much, indeed any,...
Bingo.
Diego Corrales v Jose Luis Castillo The first five rounds were pure phonebooth stuff, both fighters working inside and neither giving an inch....
Well, I think Gomez's absolute peak was '78 to '80. The loss to Samchez definitely took something from him as a fighter and it you watch the...
I think the fact that Lewis and Holyfield did fight shows that both men were willing and had circumstances been different, they would have met...
Matthew Saad Muhammad v Murray Sutherland A somewhat customary slow start from Saad as Sutherland built up an early points lead with some sharp...
I think confidence plays a part in these rematches. The winner of the previous fight has the mental edge. Sometimes that can be overturned, but it...
Gomez was obviously past his peak but that KO by Nelson was devastating. Gomez should never have fought again after that.
Weaver. I trust Weaver's abilities more than Bruno's and think Frank would fall apart in the later rounds.
A point deduction for the first infraction and a DQ for the second (which was more blatant than the first) would probably have been the fairest...
In no particular order: Matthew Saad Muhammad Bobby Chacon Felix Trinidad Arturo Gatti Jose Napoles Roberto Duran Alexis Arguello James Toney Mike...
