The loss to Dennis Milton wasn't that suprising - Milton who beat Barkley (then-WBC champ) and Nunn (then-IBF champ) before turning pro and was...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-SurTTJCSU
Eubank said he took one look at Calzaghe's record, didn't see one name he recognised, and reckoned he'd 'won the lottery' with the shot out of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYx_a6anlBQ
I think the '92-'95 Eubank would still struggle with Joe's stance, loose style and activity and have to stop him (or knock him out).
I wouldn't say he was superhuman, but he was on that end. The punches he took from Jackson and Benn had knocked out dozens and dozens of other...
Gerald always said he used to beat James up in sparring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59CY7sXOJk4
Interesting.
An incarcerated Mike Tyson described McClellan as "the best fighter in the world."
Steward didn't train Gerald in '89 because he was too busy with Tommy and Dennis Andries. He took over in 1990.
Emanuel Steward claims McClellan to be the most talented fighter he's had, and once cited an occasion in '88 when Gerald out-boxed Ray Leonard and...
He had absolutely loads going for him.
True, but Calzaghe says he never used to watch tapes of opponents anyway and his (or his dad's) philosophy was that the opponent would have to...
Yeah it all caught up with him, the weight-making