Capablanca, arguably the greatest natural chess player of all time, had an enormous plus score against Alekhine prior to their match for the world...
There have been countless incidents in the history of boxing when the sport has looked "bad" but boxing always survives and moves on. Boxers and...
Great post. I would only disagree about the level of Usyk's ring generalship - I think it is higher than you rate it, but this is only splitting...
Thank you for mentioning Hopkins who is one of my favorite fighters. Interesting that as a middleweight Hopkins was big and beat some notable...
You gotta give Joshua a lot of credit for obliterating his cross-over opponent.
If he keeps fighting your wish will likely come true. Guys like Foreman and Holmes were very effective post 40 because they were big strong...
He did and I think he knows it himself. I hope he retires.
You can make a reasonable argument that as a heavyweight Usyk was not one of the GOAT even before tonight's fight. But to now call him a...
I think what happened was a combination of things. Rico is a very tough strong man and even more importantly he was extremely well prepared for...
Fair points.
Dave Allen has many admirable qualities including resilience and humor. Most of us aren't elite in our professions and there is something to be...
At least the Liston-Patterson rematch was a quick and efficient mercy killing.
To an extent I share some of your frustration, but boxing fans are human and humans tend to not allow themselves to fully appreciate something...
I would make a 47 year old Usyk at worst a slight underdog against the current version of Dubois.
