I think so. He was such a proud man, but was willing to drop belts for that fight….it was only the WBC at stake at the end of the day. I always...
Not a blow to Marciano, but maybe a boost to Jeffries. He’d have been 14-0-1, but would have had extra kudos as being the first. He was already...
He’d have been the first heavyweight champion to have retired, and stay retired, without a loss, if I’m not mistaken.
He was like a human grenade against Vinny Paz. For me it’s that or Toney….I thought he was at his very best at 168.
So looking at the proposed card in 1994 for “High Noon in Hong Kong”, Bruno vs Mercer was a non-title fight, so maybe scheduled for 10 rounds? Top...
Yeah, definitely Louis for sure. One that I’d throw in even though he didn’t actually retire, just strongly hinted at it in a press conference,...
Yeah, I remember American boxing magazines still obsessing over race, until the heavyweight division became dominated by twins from the Ukraine...
Really good example! Simms doesn’t get much credit for that, and that was 3 years before the Barkley fight.
