Huge Duran fan here, but this is spot on. A bit jarring to read this about one of your idols, but as Churchill said: "The truth is...
IX 1970s 1. Roberto Duran 2. Carlos Monzon 3. Muhammad Ali 4. Alexis Arguello 5. Jose Napoles 6. Wilfredo Gomez 7. Miguel Canto 8. Bob...
This.
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French has a YouTube channel with Groves, and another one of his own. You might try looking at those for possible answers.
Not sure why Robinson vs LaMotta wasn't a choice. Just finished watching that fight an hour ago. SRR sure was sweet.
Tough choices. I narrowed my choices down to strength of competition and fights available on film. That means no Burley vs Moore (no film) and no...
I'll take Thomas Hearns, John Mugabi, and Cyclone Hart against any other middleweight's hardest hitting opponents. 1) Hagler 2) Greb 3) Monzon
Excellent post.
Love this. It echoes precisely how I feel about him. I was fortunate to meet him in 2007 while eating breakfast in Philly, and it remains...
While I agree Hagler gave Hearns no choice, I'm surprised no one pointed out Hearns breaking his right hand in the 1st round had something to with...
On the "Deceptively Great ATG list", Monzon vies with Marciano as #1.
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That sounds like a fascinating book.
Great post.
