Obviously a big puncher but looking at his record/resume haha he fought a lot of fighters with losing records. On the other hand he also fought a...
Have you seen this fight? Is it out in the public domain? Love to see it.
Suppose it could be argued that the WBc title was the lineal title as the world title only became split when Saldivar retired for a short spell....
I think it was Don King who said "He's got 2 chances....No Chance and slim...and slim's out of town". Anyone remember who he was talking about?
Add 2 draws against Fidel LaBarba to that.
I think McAuley was a pretty decent fighter as well, anyone seen the Jake Matlata and Duke McKenzie fights?
Bob Arum
Wondered when you'd show up.:good
I think No 1 for my dad would be Olivares, but he also rates Harada highly and has said to me before that he thinks Harada could of given Olivares...
My dad's always said to me that he thinks him and Lionel sort of cancelled each other a bit with their respective styles.
I've seen the Harada fight myself and I think it was Lionel's greatest night. Like you say he boxed perfectly against the swarmer that was Harada....
Henry Cooper vs Tommy Farr John Conteh Vs Bob Foster Alan Minter vs Jake LaMotta John H Stracey Vs Ted Kid Lewis Ken Buchanan vs Henry Armstrong...
Marciano vs Holyfield Foster vs Spinks Greb vs Monzon Robinson vs Leonard Benny Leonard vs Whittaker Saddler vs Arguello Jofre vs Olivares Wilde...
I always get Ishimatsu Suzuki and Guts Ishimatzu mixed up and also Chartchai Chionoi and Chartchai Laemfapha.
:rofl Exactly, problem was that them 2 were about the same size.
