Ali was also decked by small heavies. So maybe Marciano would walk through Shavers, Lyle, Liston and Foreman too !
They both had excellent chins. Ali faced bigger punchers.
His chin was decent but the one-punch losses to McCall and Rahman (who were mediocre HWs) showed he was too slow to recuperate from those hard...
Lots of fighters would beat him. But knocking him down wasn't easy.
No, Lewis multiple-foul-KO'd Michael Grant though. That one is truly comical.
This thread probably deserves a bump, since it's Frank Bruno month again !
Apparently he was offered the million dollars AFTER his final fight with Patterson. I'd be amazed by that, for a guy coming off two losses to be...
yeah, I'd make any version of Bruno an underdog against 1979 Weaver and 1958 Johansson.
Million dollars for a non-title fight ? Do you have a source for this ? That's an incredible offer.
There's no game. It's a simple comparison. Weaver's performance against Holmes was one of his best ever, it also happens to be his first...
Well, it's not me. It's everyone in 2014. Stiverne was universally regarded as a top fighter at the time. End of 2014 Ring magazine ratings :...
McCall is a decent win. I wouldn't regard LeDoux as particularly remarkable though.
Why ? It's clear cut. Johansson of the other thread is 198 pounds, Weaver of this thread is 202 pounds. No need for any workings out. Bruno is...
How do you decide who are "names" ?
I didn't say they were bad wins at all. I also believe AJ's resume is better than Wilder's clearly. But those guys were old ... and AJ's resume...
