Ali was my favourite boxer but I have to admit that a fourth fight with Norton in '78 would have been a step too far for the great man. He was...
Rocky Marciano would be very hard pushed making the all time top 10 of heavyweights. There - It's out there. Much as I admire the guy and...
At 175 lbs. Could The Windmill blunt The Buzzsaw ?
At Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight.
Very likely scenario. Yes,it's true that Ali in 1977 was nowhere near the guy he was in Zaire three years previously but,as you say,Ali was in...
The gun had blanks.
I take Holmes to assume superiority in a battle of jabs early on. If Larry is smart,he boxes his way to a UD. If, however,Holmes allows himself...
Madison Square 1971 was Frazier's most magnificent performance.There's no way he could go but down after that one.
I agree. Styles make fights etc. Ali and Frazier would always have a war - Foreman would always blitz Frazier but Ali would have always...
Ali may not have trained as hard as he COULD have for Manila but he was still in pretty good shape. After three fights previously in that year...
Robinson was about as near perfection as you could get in a fighter when he was at his very best.
1971 wins twice. Both were better then. The true hypothetical 'classic' between the two would have been 1971 Joe v 1974 Muhammad. Reason...
Cuevas was the more murderous puncher but I see Palomino starting cautiously and outboxing his man. Palomino UD 15.
Ali's 70s peak was the window of 1972-74. When he'd trained properly - Quarry II Norton II Frazier II Foreman. Yes,the amount of shots...
