I watched the kinescope of this match in it's entirety on the Nostalgia channel some years ago, before I ever watched the movies of it, and felt...
It's always been fashionable to disdain Cosell. I try not to be yet another mindless critic of his work simply because of peer pressure. Cosell...
Lots of guys schooled Archie. Unfortunately for his future opponents, he graduated summa cum laude from his classes and refused to grow up and get...
:thinkYou know, I think I would have definitely bet on Earnie if that pairing had been made after Frazier-Cummings. Granted, Floyd gave Bruno a...
Cummings could take a punch, but if Jeff Sims could take him out, then Earnie certainly could have done it. Jumbo was durable enough so that this...
Start with the usual ATG suspects. Fitz, Jeff, Langford, Dempsey, Zale, Duran, Arguello, Palomino, and proceed from there. Mexicans are...
I always like to mention Nel Tarleton when something like this comes up. Who needs two lungs to win three dozen fights over the 15 round distance?...
Doppelganger, you indicate the opinion that SRL was slightly faster than Hearns, then emphasize that Tommy's speed would be the main problem for...
Fireside Book of Boxing is favored bedtime reading with me.
It was an isolated incident, but Earnie Shavers outboxed Henry Clark in their first match for the best decision win of his career, closing Clark's...
I fully understand the reasoning behind that. However, it was originally through his Anglocentric orientation that I first gained an awareness of...
Minter wasn't the most evasive fighter in the world, and Antuofermo said he had difficulty coping with head movement. In 1980, Benitez turned...
He apparently said that he was in the best physical condition he possibly could have been in, but that his hand-eye coordination and reflexes had...
Cobb actually had a good strategy for Holmes. Reporter: "Tex, will you try to fight him on the inside?" Cobb: "No, I'm going to stand on the...
That really was a terrific post. I just want to add that Giardello and Fullmer bore a lifelong grudge over that draw in Bozeman, which was obvious...
