How about Hopkins, well... every time fights.
I think Ruben Olivares is a slight bit overrated, especially when compared with other ATG bantams like Jofre, Dixon, Ortiz, and Panama Brown. He...
Helped: Ken Buchanan - the loss to Duran not only looks a lot less shocking/embarrassing than it did in 1972, but now he even gets credit just...
Agreed - he was an OK southpaw technician, but nothing special IMO.
Maybe, but he was coming off back-to-back KO wins over guys that had previously given him trouble (Bethea and Baird), and appeared to be in the...
I'd say Benvenuti I was his most his most complete performance on film - and IMO, one of the most complete performances by any fighter, ever. He...
Exactly. The rankings for each year are essentially how the rankings looked entering the next year, not in the midst of the year itself.
I've seen the first fight - Folley got off to a big early lead and dropped Cooper at one point, but Cooper stole a lot of the late rounds by...
This. :deal
I don't agree that Lyle "lacked" movement at all - in fact, he showed some fairly decent movement in several of his fights (particularly against...
Maybe true, but historically, the Duvas (both as trainers and promoters) have often rushed their prospects into big fights - think Holyfield,...
Agreed. Taken on its face, I don't think there is such a "clear" difference between Lewis and Carnera's resumes at all. And in fact, I don't...
Add Young Stribling (HOFer) to that list as well.
Expect the government to try to take it down soon (sorry, still grieving the loss of megaupload :twisted:). Anyway, this fight has some great...
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