Interesting pairing. Marvin was a dedicated trainer whose stamina was fine so long as he wasn't confronted with serious resistance and hard body...
I'm amazed I haven't seen Lyle-Shavers yet. (Surpasses Foreman-Lyle.)
It's no great stretch to assume he was legally prescribed steroids to help recover from his accident, and probably continued on them from there....
Ross is a good answer.
Look for some clips of Mancini's early career. At times his skin looked clear, while at others he had wicked huge popping zits. (I'm sure Arguello...
The only rebroadcast of a complete Gavilan bout I ever watched was the kinescope of his match with Hector Constance, and he came across very much...
Floyd could do a hard and resourceful 15 rounds, as he showed when he was robbed against Ellis. Chuvalo and Bonavena were rugged opponents, and he...
Sometime after Hagler's rematch with Watts, he hired on Boogaloo as a sparring partner, and Bobby seriously injured Marv in training with a body...
I considered Greb, but Harry did have some problems with master boxers Loughran and Mike Gibbons. (After first squaring off with the Phantom, Greb...
Ayala's hooks to the body wouldn't help him with Duran anymore than Pipino's body attack did. If mediocre puncher Mario Maldonado could drop him,...
I'd take Gene's speed and mobility to carry him to a decision. An aged Dempsey dropped Tunney, but I don't think Sonny's best hand speed was a...
Imagine Fritzie with thumbless gloves. (Or Holmes, for that matter.)
Max Baer comes first to my mind. This trait of his was a key reason why many experts believed he would have had the best chance to upset Holmes,...
Burns was an excellent infighter with proved 20 round stamina. He had a number of fine decision wins to his credit, and was robbed of a clear one...
Tyson was made to look as though he had average power against Tillis, Green, Smith and Tucker, and he consolidated the HW Title against the latter...
