I said I wasn't doing p4p. That is a legit topic for a thread, though, and I might start one on it some time, after doing a bit of thinking on...
"The only mistake for Ruby Bob, would be walking into a "lucky punch" from Primo in the late rounds." I don't think there would be any late...
There are many champion lists, but I have never seen a list of the hardest punchers in the world through history. Criteria--Must be active at...
No, but their importance does vary with the move up in weight. David Haye 217 w 12 Nicolay Valuev 316 Now this difference as a percentage of...
"against certain styles." Yes. I don't see him at any point in history being favored over the slicksters.
I was reading the NY Times of July 5, 1910 on the Johnson-Jeffries fight, and come this extremely interesting tidbit from the AP report on the...
Just to expand--in my estimation, no lightheavy ever dominated the heavyweight division. The dominant heavyweights were Jeffries--215-220...
"I asked when did the last lightheavy POWERPUNCHER invade and control the heavyweight division." I don't think any ever did. Fitz is most...
I voted for Fitz after a lot of thought. Everyone, and I mean everyone, of his time thought of Fitz as a freakish puncher for his size....
"where have these lightheavies and middles who once ruled the division , mind you not created a small blip, but RULED the division." 1--middles...
Jones did in fact invade the heavyweights and defeat John Ruiz while being only a lightheavy in size.
I saw Young's fights with both Ali and Norton back in the day. I thought Ali and Norton won at the time. I also thought both Ali and Norton had...
For me, this thread has raised two issues. How good was Foreman?--I think many here are grossly overrating him. How good was Jeffries?--He...
"not many hw's can better his run from shavers 2-norton" Whatever. He didn't actually win against Shavers, and lost to both the aging Ali and...
I was referring to the Foreman who lost to Ali (age 25) and the Foreman who lost to Young (age 28- Yes, I consider him prime in both losses.
