Easy to forget now, but Pacquiao was an underdog before his fights with Ledwaba and Barrera (I), which turned out to be signature beatdowns.
You can say the same about most fighters who are past their best. Once the reflexes and punch resistance disappears, it greatly increases the...
Reg was a comedian and a great personality. I wouldn’t think of him as a classic commentator though, at least not how we was with his mid 80s...
Prior to Wlad he was plagued by inactivity, losing at the wrong time, and struggling to secure big fights. Rahman was a true crossroads fight. It...
Based on the photo of them together, Foreman’s biological father was a very tall man, at least 6’4’’ or so. Dynamite Douglas was listed at...
Exactly. It seems in retrospect like a brief moment in time, but consider all the elements in play: - won version of heavyweight title after...
I think the more recent larger heavyweights are potentially trickier. Lewis for example - it’s a completely different test than anyone Ali faced...
We saw that Oleg could outbox Tua. But as we know Maskaev was vulnerable to getting tagged, and Tua was a huge puncher. A Maskaev decision is a...
Robinson is the obvious one, although 1985 Hagler would be tough for him at 160. Relentless pressure was the most common way to trouble SRR,...
I’d favour him over everyone except Dempsey, Tunney and Schmeling. I think he was too fast for Carnera and would do a job on him. Baer is a...
Pascual Perez. Jackie Fields. Ingo won silver at same games as Patterson. It wasn’t really until after the war that the Olympics became the...
Genaro and LaBarba off the top of my head
I’ve always thought Hearns would be too quick for Tito. It’s not a great style match for Trinidad, and the chances are that Hearns lands that big...
Roy wasn’t a natural LHW, and wasn’t quite the puncher he was at 160/168. That said, he’d be favoured in the vast majority of fantasy fights at...
Mildenberger has that one round aberration loss to Richardson, but otherwise had a pretty solid record through to the Ali fight. He seemed to...
