Guess we'll just have to disagree. Time proved that Dokes and Page weren't ' All that ' Dokes list of top wins is paper thin. I have no argument...
Lewis was getting zero credit for some reason and Ruddock was favourite. Bookies were offering around 6/4 or 13/8 Lennox. I had a sizeable punt...
I saw it that way in real time and never saw or heard anything else to change my view.
The fact that you agree that it's highly unlikely that Dokes would've beaten Holmes sort of renders this debate redundant. If Holmes were to have...
All these years, I thought it was just me that found him uneasy on the eye. I just never enjoyed watching him. Then when he took the money and...
Bey was a little rushed to fight Holmes and never really got back on track. Cooney had huge issues outside the ring and was never the same as he...
I take your point, I just feel that I remember in real time not really feeling Holmes had much to prove. Age was also perceived differently back...
Slightly different answer, but I wonder if/ why not / was there not a rematch clause in the contract for the Zaire fight ? I've never been able to...
Not every fight can be against the very best around.. Ali had his weaker bouts, it's not unreasonable.
Didn't he beat Weaver and Witherspoon? And you really believe his status as champ was questionable because he didn't fight Dokes ? Holmes was a...
This matchup insults Ali. Do people realise just how good peak Ali was ? A Heavyweight with middleweight speed and movement. Chisora doesn't lay...
Anyone living through that era knew Holmes was the champ. I don't recall thinking that he ducked anybody. True , he picked opponents carefully...
Agree about Liston. I just think Tyson was very similar but took it to another level.
Frazier kept walking straight into the punches. Devastating performance from Foreman but dumb from Frazier.. Yank Durham wanted Joe to retire...
Yet where were his corner in Zaire ? They never suggested anything to change tactics.