Yeah and that stellar talent ATG heavyweight champ Karl Mildenberger was able to press Ali the whole way until the late rounds and had Ali wincing...
The best boxing book I ever read was "Boxings Mr President - The Story of The World heavyweight championship" by a writer called bill beadle - not...
First just want to say some of the things I've read on this thread about Dempsey are just farcical haha! Trying to compare Dempseys punching with...
The greatest fighter that Tyson beat was undoubtably Larry Holmes but then he was past it and come backing straight in at the deep end etc - but...
I'm guessing maybe a round of Tunney-Dempsey :lol:
No.1 Evander is not bigger - 208 against 203ish and Holy was a natural cruiser weight in the region of 185 so I'd actually say Louis is the bigger...
Thanks Stevie - yeah it's one of those days I can remember crystal clear - there were stacks of people in Nottingham - probably 7 or 8000 queuing...
It also occurs to me that when Sam Langford was pretty much in the middleweight range he went 15 rounds with a prime Jack Johnson!! Now way is...
I met him on the same tour when he came to Nottingham - it was April fools day an I thought my school mates were winding me up about him being in...
The 3rd knockdown Archie Moore suffered in the 1st round against Yvon Durrelle was pretty cataclysmic - never though he would've been able to get...
Imagine if you were looking at this guy and he was convinced you said something very bad about his mother [IMG]
Carmen Basilio has Robby under pressure near the ropes [IMG]
All three would make Holy look very limited 'skills wise' thought that's what you meant? But for what it's worth I'd comfortably favour Wally and...
Marciano faced and KO'd Jersey Joe Walcott, Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore each of whom were of a much higher skill level than Holyfield??...
Well done to Denise and Jake met them for drinks and chatted with them both for a few hours a couple of years back when Jake visited my home city...
