Good article. His corner gave him bad advice. His only chance was to go straight at him, as Hagler did. Could he have won that way? Probably not....
Or if you watched Barkley vs Hearns and Duran, would you have expected such an easy KO by Hearns?
Watching that first round of the Cuevas Vs Hearns fight: Cuevas seemed to lose all of his aggression after he got tagged a couple of times by...
Where was that hammer when he fought Hearns?
This fight really showed Hearn’s vulnerability. At welterweight his right hand was almost unstoppable, but against larger opponents, he found that...
I would say his peak was the 1978 DeJesus fight. He never could keep his weight down after that. At welter he was always overmatched against...
Years ago, I recall an interview of SRL when someone asked him of future plans. Would he consider going against Chavez. He looked at the reporter...
It would be interesting to find out the details of this incident. How much lidocaine was actually injected? It didn’t sound like an allergic...
He quit against Tyson, saying something like ‘today’s not my day’ as if he was going to get another chance just like that.
Let’s suppose they had given Leonard a split decision. How would that affect the outcome of the rematch? Would Leonard feel the need to fight...
Duran vs Arguello would be an interesting matchup. The early Duran might have trouble, but the 1978 Duran would be too smart. Instead of trying to...
Much has been made of Duran's success and failure as he moved up to welterweight, middleweight etc. I don't know of any featherweigts who moved up...
Interesting matchup. It might be the only fight where Dwight would have a reach advantage: 71” compared to 67” for Marciano.
I suppose Hagler was thinking too much about what Duran was able to do to Davey Moore, so he may have been more cautious than he needed to be.
From Wikipedia: -Round 5 intervalEdit Angelo Dundee had escorted Ali to his corner at the end of Round 4. Dundee then waved to referee Tommy...
