There've been many, many guys like Tillis, who looked promising but just couldn't cut it at the top level. Can't always blame dedication and all...
Ron Lyle was coming off a loss when he got his shot at Ali, too. Ali was looking to Europe for easy defenses: Dunn, Coopman, and Evangelista....
He should've fought him again...it would've been huge. But I don't blame him for not wanting to go through another camp. He'd been fighting...
In my opinion, one of the saddest careers ever. I think the only way things would've worked for Leon would have been if he'd been brought along...
There was an article in World Boxing, summer of '78, that picked Spinks to beat Lyle, Shavers, Mercado, and a few others. Leon was not widely...
You guys are funny...love the lilacs, especially. Why so much rancor against Valuev, though? He's a sincere pro, does what he can with what...
Sure, politics and money were always factors, but I recall Larry very candidly saying on several occasions that he wanted the easiest fight for...
Who did he avoid? I know they weren't all that great, but Dokes, Page, Coetzee, Thomas, and Tubbs were all WAY better than the guys he fought....
Larry rarely if ever fought the number one guy. Cooney was undeservedly #1. Guys that might've given Holmes a tough fight were avoided for...
The referee let Ali get away with too much. He should have lost a point after refusing the corner, and Bonavena given some time to recover.
Most of us agree that Spoon was the best. Thomas was my favorite at the time...I was disappointed at how he turned out, because he was...
Holmes would outbox him, probably winning 9 rounds.
Those were two tragic fights, in which two good fighters destroyed each others' careers. Bowe took savage beatings and was never the same....
Brits seem more comfortable with the word "****" than us Americans. We, however, are more enamored of "mother****er". I would like to say that...
Ali, as much as I don't like him, was tough as hell mentally. He never quit, despite taking some poundings.
