Hmm... I don't think Laporte defeated even a single HOFer!
No... see post #10
Pac has of course won lots of title fights between 98 and now. But we're looking for the longest "non-winning" (when it comes to world title...
Spinks is almost the correct answer! By the end of his rookie year he was ranked #9, the same as Louis. But we're looking for someone ranked...
Yeah… the boxer with the most knockouts ever (138 by BoxRec's latest count), would of course be a "prime suspect" for a question like this!.
Yes, Sir... you got it!
So after two days, it took a brave newcomer to kick this off… Virgil Hill and Kristian Laight are both correct. Well done! R1: Holyfield was...
Rock0052 has already replied to this… so I'll restrict myself to just a couple of additional comments. The last world class fighter with more...
I'm curious: If those figures were available, what do you think they could help us prove?
Yeah, I get what you mean! Being from the US, you have of course experienced how boxing has gone from being a big thing... to being nothing but a...
The difference between now and the 70s is that now, thanks to satellite/cable TV and Youtube, boxing is accessible to everybody. Back in the 70s,...
I kind of assume that Olivares is in your Top-2... I would be really shocked, if he isn't! And since you have real old-timers like Williams and...
And Olivares' bantam resume includes wins over Burruni, Gomez, Medel, Sakurai, Rose, Rudkin, Pimentel, Castillo.
Well, Olivares did more at bantam, so he should be #1.
Besides Bettina, there were actually several southpaw champions "back in the day": Tiger Flowers Al McCoy Freddie Miller Johnny Wilson Georges...
