I agreed with Mercante at the time that Holmes had the scoring locked up after ten against an aging Norton, before his injured left caught up to...
There was no way he was going to beat Tyson in that match. But the fact is that his arm did get caught in the ropes just as the seconds were...
Whatever his reasons for doing it, he ditched the WBC's ruinous new 12 round time limit in the process, and restored the championship distance to...
I'm assuming this is over the championship distance, rather than 12 rounds. At his best, Duran was not somebody whose responses could be...
Before Roger Stafford's title shot at Don Curry, he spent all his time praying to Allah instead of warming up, got caught cold when the bell rang,...
Going into the match, I didn't expect Berbick to try to win. I figured he'd deliberately break Larry's streak of title defense stoppages in much...
Ali slashed through the guards of Terrell and Patterson repeatedly. Being a headhunter, it was bread and butter for him to be able to do this....
Mendoza, do you also believe that Thomas was then the best contender Holmes did not defend his championship against, or was there somebody else...
Pinklon Thomas was undefeated throughout Larry's reign, clearly the most consistent heavyweight contender of the era. After that, Page then...
After Holmes schooled Mercer, Ray said, "I guess I'd better learn how to box." That's one of the best tributes I've ever found by a defeated...
Roberto was especially excellent at feinting SRL into knots during the opening moments of Montreal, and he also did this well with Palomino....
Most articles I read that were published by boxing scribes after Duran-DeJesus III, and before Montreal, expressed the opinion that Palomino and...
Something to consider when looking at Ray's flatfooted performance in Montreal is the lethal firepower he demonstrated by coldcocking Green in his...
Brion was, of course, Marciano's, stablemate and sparring partner, as well as an opponent of Louis and Charles. Years ago, I had the pleasure of...
Duran richly earned many haters when he took eight million clams for New Orleans and tanked, then partied before Hearns and got squashed. While he...
