I really liked Ken Burns' Jack Johnson documentary (even if I have sneaking suspicion Ken Burns is a less than sincere person). I can't...
I don't understand this term. How does "top" modify "hook" ? Is this in contradistinction to a shovel hook or body shot, or does it mean...
No, there has been no such advancement. Literally none. That may sound like a really a bold statement, since you've no doubt heard all of your...
You'll have to define what you mean by "modern" training". Frankly I think the rule set and equipment they fight with would influence the outcome...
There are no "modern" training regimens.
That sounded to me more like self deprecation than anything else. I doubt "tremble off" was an allusion to Ali. When speaking off the cuff people...
Yeah. He also had other serious health problems like severe hypertension and some kind of kidney damage (though the former can cause the latter)....
Not that it really matters, but are you sure Mcvey isn't white himself? Is he the guy in the profile pic who looks like Colin McGinn, or the one...
Go easy on the guy. English is his 37th language.
There really is no "sports medicine" that has any solid basis in rigorous science, unless this is a euphemism for PED's.
I'll add though, without Parkinson's 40 year old Ali very likely beats 38 year old Tyson.
You're introducing an interesting counterfactual (no Parkinson's) but I still think, alas, Vlad takes this fairly easily. The type of fighter Ali...
I don't think so. Dempsey would have to take him out early, and the chances of that happening are pretty slim. Dempsey is much more dangerous in...
Yes, and I'm not alone. The announcers say as much at the closing bell, albeit with obvious surprise and puzzlement.
I suspect Ali's declining reflexes in the seventies had more to do with the early stages of Parkinson's syndrome than age or weight. Ali was only...
