It is interesting that a theme in this thread is that modern fighters last longer because they have fewer fights, but the longest lasting of the...
As bad as the world list is, I just found boxrec's list of the top 25 AMERICAN heavyweights. This is downright shocking: 40 or over-----5...
The Wild Bull of the Pampas Harlem Harlequin Willie-the-Clutch Tombstone Smith
I wish this fight would have come off with Jake in his prime. Lamotta easily
The problem with this sort of article is that it is merely Ray's manager putting his spin on it. What we do know is that Walcott defeated Ray in...
I did some research on another thread and I found this startling, so I will see if anyone else has any insights about why this is happening....
I think one could just as easily argue that the old-age performances of Holmes, Foreman, and Holyfield, and even the lighter weight guys, reflect...
Mendoza "I would say Hall-of-Fame big men have a longer shelf life in boxing, because they can hit often and not get hit as much." Just...
My2Sense-- And don't forget, Walcott was coming into the first Ray fight off a LOSS to Joey Maxim. How impressive was Ray's closest of close...
"When did Jack Johnson actually get a W over Battling Jim Johnson?" Thank you. You are right. That brings it down to five. Jack Johnson did...
Mendoza--but it isn't just Lewis & the Klitschkos. Here are the ages of the top 25 heavyweights as listed on boxrec today. 40 or above--4...
Mendoza--the reason I didn't use Bowe is I consider his record rather misleading as he got victories over Golata on DQ's in which he suffered such...
Mendoza Your comment on Marciano's age at retirement brings the very interesting question of old age fighting. How many fighters were able to...
You have a point. But there is also another point. Willard, Fulton, and Carnera were not the dominant fighters of their eras that Lewis and...
Mendoza--I have to disagee that the modern superheavyweights have been more dominant than old champions. Lewis--41-2-1 (32 ko''s) (2 ko'd by)...
