The rationale for the stoppage was that Liston did not get up in time. That is 100% on him — and that fake rover rollover from when he got to one...
All Sonny had to do was get up if he wasn’t hurt. That fake-ass ‘rover roll over’ thing when he flopped after getting to one knee is all on...
Putting something on the table you aren’t really interested in doing just to trade it off is a negotiating tactic. Again, he had gone 2 1/2 years...
If you’ve never seen a ref look to the timekeeper to pick up a count, you haven’t ever watched boxing. It’s so commonplace that no occurrence...
Sonny would have stumbled over for longer than a 10-count after missing the PK. What Liston never would have gotten in either match with Ali was...
I’ve seen countless instances of timekeepers communicating the correct count to referees, who then pick it up. That and ring the bell at...
He was down long enough to take a nap. His rollover from the knee was Three Stooges stuff. He doesn’t get the ‘unfair count’ excuse when he did...
Marvin’s minions would blame the glove size, the fact that it wasn’t for exactly 15 rounds, the size of the ring … the color of the ropes, the...
I don’t consider either of Ali’s victories over Sonny to be unjust, which is the context we are discussing. I have watched both fights numerous...
I tell people ‘I’m in good shape for the shape I’m in,’ haha.
I cannot, offhand, think of an instance where Ali merited a point deduction for it. To be fair, you’d have to look at the entire career set of...
I, too, saw this for Jimmy Young but I concur that it was not a robbery. Just a close fight … someone had to win, and to a degree it comes down to...
Fighters are rarely penalized for holding. They are often admonished but by rule it has to be excessive (which is in the eye of the beholder … the...
I hate this narrative. Marvin had not fought a scheduled 15-round fight in 2 1/2 years … then he loses and all of a sudden that’s why? Maybe he...
This is a Hanlon’s Razor thing — do not attribute to malice (or bias) that which is adequately explained by stupidity (or incompetence or simple...
