Ken Norton was the toughest for Ali. He had the right skill set, an awkward combination of talents, that befuddled Ali and beat him, in my...
Both guys live, I believe, in Chicago. It would have been a good hometown fight. Winner could take on Oquendo. It's a tough call. One guy...
Why he wasted the biggest opportunity of his life to come in at 260 is a mystery...
Thank you. Thanks for teaching me The Way of the Troll. Any thoughts on Jimmy Young and his relation to this subject? Frazier and Young...
Okay, B.E., you've had your Mr. T. playtime thing. Now be a dear and go in the other room while your daddy and his friends talk about boxing....
I scored it for Marvin pretty clearly, still do. But I really admire Vito's performance; he really exceeded expectations and this was perhaps...
Pooker, just wondering, were you born after 1980? Just curious. You know, just making conversation...
Boxing fans are brutal. If you're not an ATG champ, then you're ****. There isn't much in between. I'd love to see more respect for journeyman,...
Ronald Lyle after Foreman. Too many to mention.
Can't get any dirtier than guys like Resto or Margarito, who packed their hands. But good ol' Andrew Golota was pretty ****ing dirty, biting at...
Jones by far. Much more talented, dominating his contemporaries for years until age caught up with him. Oscar was good, but he struggled to...
Duodendum, I take my hat off for your studious, thoughtul, and balanced posts. I agree with many of your statements and appreciate that you...
I love Frazier, but we're talking about two different-sized heavyweights. Joe these days would be in the Just Barely A Heavyweight category,...
I'll admit my bias up front, which is that I grew up in the Foreman era, whereas Liston is a figure on blurry black and white films. I like both...
Of course he could have won a title. The question wasn't about how many defenses he'd have, the question was could he win a title. Absolutely....