Boxer Maurits, what is the boxing scene like Netherlands? Do guys like Rico always end up being pushed into Kickboxing vs Boxing as kids?
They're often lauded for the speed they had at HW, however how would you compare them in that respect.
I have to imagine popular entertainment becoming more geared and marketed toward women and children, in addition to men, played a part as well....
Mid 2000s. Not coincidentally the time when Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr became undeniably washed. There was nobody to replace them as figures....
Look at Foreman in his first fight with Frazier, the size of his frame, the muscles, the upper and lower body. Yet, he apparently only weighed in...
I think the assumption is 90s Foreman wouldn't have fell for the Rope a Dope tactic. He had slowed down but was more measured and a smarter fighter.
If instead of '74 Foreman Ali was facing the Foreman who fought Holyfield in '91. How would the fight have gone?
Fury, he got dropped by Ngannou. In the end Usyk dropped Rico.
Butterbean would absolutely demolish him. Did anyone see how Tommy was running for 6 rounds against strongman Eddie Hall? I'd go so far to say...
I wonder if the Netherlands is actually a sleeper breeding ground for HW boxers, but they all end up in kickboxing and handball instead. There are...
Leaving aside the opponents Mike Tyson did face, which boxers from throughout boxing history would have been particularly tough for him to overcome?
Rico seemed to be the first guy to actually successfully impose his size advantage on Usyk. It was one of the few times where Usyk did look like...
Probably because those losses didn't happen in the age of cable tv and the internet like Roy's. One of the worst periods to experience your...
Boxing is always more exciting with American stars. Wilder was pivotal to the legend of Tyson Fury.
How do you think this fight would go?
