McCall hurt Larry in the 9th (iirc) and kind of backed him down a bit for the rest. Before that Larry was looking pretty damn good. I had it one...
Wilder would have been pulverized, he was mostly too slow on the draw. Norton would have been all over him. Norton in 8, 9 at the latest.
I respect your views, but I don't think Spinks boxed flawlessly. He didn't listen to his corner anywhere near as much as he should, and to me...
Exactly. Wilder hit harder than Lyle, and big George did get hit. I think Deontay would rock the hell out of old George. Probably young as well....
Ken Norton had a terrific jab, excellent power and step in. I'm convinced had he used it more he would have won more.
The fact that Mike comes forward all the time puts him right in Joe's wheelhouse. There's also the question of durability: Joe proved his over and...
I honestly didn't see helplessness there, I saw a young man who was ready to get back to fighting. But I might have it wrong, all respect.
Foreman, Ali, Holmes, Duran, Saad Muhammad, Sanchez, Liston, Frazier, Hagler, Holyfield.
This. To many people, FOTC was the biggest win ever in the history of heavyweight boxing and I have trouble disagreeing. Ali was under 30,...
Much more aggressive style from Frazier and Tyson. They were almost always rampaging forward...
Too much heat for Jimmy. KO and general battering by round 8.
Great post and your arguments are sound. But I'm wondering if you think that Olympics "stoppage" was anything beyond early and unwarranted? Bowe...
"Where's the FIE-yah!!???"
Sounds right to me. Lyle hit at least as hard.
I expected Foreman to lose hard. In fact, I thought it was a bad idea to have him in there at all. I was excited to see George stun him on...