I have to favor Sugar Ray at both weights. In Robinsons day, middleweight was 148-160 pounds. Robinson was 155 pounds in his final fight with...
Was Machen really elderly?
Norton was 27 at the time, so in his physical prime. And he had a 20 pound weight advantage in that fight. Garcia wasn't exactly a Dempsey or...
Perhaps. But if Tyson never fought Spinks, one would think you are an idiot for picking Tyson to KO Spinks in the first round.
Bowe said in an interview that he felt that Walcott would give him trouble but that he would eventually catch Walcott late and stop him while...
I said if not when.
Have to disagree. Tunney had a very mobile style and Liston had trouble with knocking out mobile fighters. Tunney was better than Whitehurst and...
Patterson had a different style. Patterson was better than Whitehurst and Machen, but they both did better against Liston than he did. By far.
I back Liston to win, but he did tend to have trouble with mobile fighters. Bert Whitehurst, hardly a world beater, lasted the distance and so did...
Prime Mercer vs 91 George Foreman. I think old Foreman could outbox Mercer to a UD. In some ways, I give old Foreman a better chance than the...
If Bruno had better stamina, I would favor him against Lyle and Foster TBH.
I don't think Spinks feigned a KO. He got his bell rung. Watch how his head hit the canvas. If he was faking it, he wouldn't have let his head hit...
Lots of them. RJJ vs Virgil Hill comes to mind
He was funny. In a hypothetical Joe Louis vs Mike Tyson matchup, I want George Foreman as one of the announcers.
I was an infant back then