https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Grim
Pretty close to all of Ali's 60s opponents are dead though. Top of my head, only Chuvalo's left
2 quarts of blood would have been about 40% of Tunney's total. A person would start going into haemorrhagic shock losing half that amount. No...
BTW, I've always been a bigger fan than most of Ali's punching back then. After their first fight, Sonny said in his dressing room "That wasn't...
The old line that the phantom punch lifted Sonny's foot off the ground, i.e. was a great /perfect shot, always seems strange to me. I can never...
This has probably been done, but that thread asking about post-exile Ali v post-jail Tyson got me thinking:- If we challenge Marciano and Louis...
For real? Take away Manila, Zaire, FOTC, & Norton and Ali's 70's record is still light years ahead of Tyson after jail. Comeback Mike beat...
Always loved the story Bob Dylan told of his manager taking him to Jack Dempsey's in the early 60s and meeting the old champ:- 'Lou introduced me...
Sorry, who was the shot one here? The guy having his first boxing match or the guy having his 50th?
Joe Louis v Jersey Joe. Bomber fought Conn II in June 46, then got a first round kayo on Tami Maurello (who'd won 12 straight) in September 46....
Of course it's part Europe. Like Japan is part of Asia.
well I'm 54, and my paternal grandfather saw the Johnson-Burns fight as a 28yo.
Harry Greb and Mickey Walker gotta be one of the most famous, although reports vary re who won it
Who's the interviewer? He towers over Jersey Joe. Is it Ed Murrow??
God he's fun to watch though! Nothing like those guys who are all punch and no chin. For what it's worth, the Swedes named him #2 all time...