Curry vs McCrory.
He also brought the big money into the sport and made it popular enough for things like “The Ring” magazine to exist.
Jim Jeffries. Amazing athlete, but also the first of the Heavyweight champs to retire, as champ, without a loss. He only lost years later when he...
If I’m not mistaken, Louis is also the only champion who knocked out three former (undisputed) heavyweight champs on his way to the title. Amazing...
If time travel is allowed, I think Ray Arcel with Tyson would’ve been interesting. He was big on developing a style distinct to the fighter, based...
Paul Ingle vs Colin McMillan is a good example of this.
I wish I’d seen Benn live..only ever saw him on tv and he was amazing to watch, must have been incredible to have been there. He put everything...
Thompson vs Eubank. Brutal fight at cruiserweight and although I’d been watching Eubank for years on tv, I didn’t appreciate his pure theater but...
I’ve found that he’s one of many boxers who seem better in my imagination and memory than when I rewatch their fights decades later.
Floyd based on sheer achievements and mastery of his style. He was rarely troubled across all those weight classes and consistently made it look easy.
Bruno vs McCall springs to mind…they’d trained together for years. Bruno regularly namechecked him as his best sparring partner as far back as ‘89...
Jeff Harding vs Dennis Andries 1. Andries had rebuilt his career at Kronk and was giving a career best performance…Harding blocked every punch...
Yeah, agreed. To your original point, with Tyson-Douglas I think it’s a mix of his fans making excuses but also the shock..it was so against form...
Some of them absolutely get a pass. Larry Holmes for example is often excused for being too old and unprepared. Michael Spinks, Tyson’s biggest...
Hagler wasn’t even at the high end of the middleweight limit. With the way they do weigh-ins now, he’d have been more comfortable at...
