RoughDiamond: Thank you very much for directing me to this story. I wish everyone on this forum could read it. What a story. And how awfully sad....
I think Bratton in his prime was the closest thing to another Sugar Ray Robinson except his punching power, although potent, didn't quite rise to...
If you've seen some of his fight films and/or read about him, what's your opinion?
Walcott would try to frustrate Sonny, and he had the style and footwork to pull it off. But Walcott had a way of losing just when victory seemed...
Everyone here is going to sleep on Dick Tiger. That's a bad idea. Tiger from 1959 to 1963 ate a lot of excellent middleweights alive. When you're...
I'm a big fan of Floyd's but he had a short reach of only 71 inches, which meant that his jab lacked distance and was not dominant. Even so, I...
This guy He's got quite an imagination, I'll grant him that.
Ingemar proved conclusively that he was the best European heavyweight of his era. I consider Mildenberger to have been from that same era. Ingo...
At this point I think Ellis beats Liston. He had that good right hand that Leotis Martin also displayed later.
What if we take it down a level? What about guys like Ron Lyle or Pinklon Thomas or Mike Weaver? Ken Norton? What would happen if Gerry Cooney hit...
What about Jeffries?
Throughout history.
He had a fatal flaw: He simply would not learn how to set up an opponent with his left jab. He resisted attempts to train him in the science of...
It's been at my bedside longer than any Bible.
Patterson was not a great champion in the usual sense. Many of the other heavyweight champions from history until the present day would have been...
