McCallum: Jack Johnson ducked me! Interviewer: Mike, he died before you were born. McCallum: I ask you one thing! DID HE FIGHT ME???...
It's just baseless sour grapes on McCallum's part. He wasn't in the mix of the Fab Four in terms of timeline yet he acts as if he was screaming...
I have no problem believing that is all you know.
Could just be ignorance on my part, but I've never understood what people saw in JMM.
I remember him sasying his idol was Ali. Not particularly exciting, he was put down (and alternately praised) for being perhaps over-cautious...
Another good one was Ralph "Tiger" Jones - Ray Robinson. Ray was knocking off some rust but would go on to more titles, so it highlights just how...
Hamsho-Minter I thought was good fun, and the decision still gets debated here this far along.....
For sleepers, try Harry Arroyo - Robin Blake, a not-so-sleeper in Mando Ramos- Sugar Ramos, and maybe Gaspar Ortega - Florentino Fernandez.
Torn here. I think either one could take two of three against the other, but neither sweeps all three fights. It's too odd a blend of styles....
I wonder why Duran surrendered in New Orleans the way he did? :thinking:
Yeah, Shavers is a must.
I tend to do this too. Can't give too much credit for potential. The accomplishments have to be there.
Excellent list. I'd also suggest Chavez, M. Spinks, Mike McCallum.......
I think you need to then question your motivation for how your lists are made. Is it because you like moving things around for the sake of moving...
52 here.
