Ha! Do you actually believe that Foreman feared fighting Michael Spinks?
It's striking to me how guys on this forum revere Sonny Liston. Let me tell you, because I'm old enough to have been a boxing fan when he was in...
Liston was wrong for Frazier. Too strong for Joe, who would have tried unsuccessfully to fight Sonny on the inside while trying to connect with...
I don't like this topic. Why don't we let it all hang out and match 1980 Ali against the top 1950s welterweights and middleweights. Would prime...
It's ugly to think of him fighting anyone in the condition he was in.
I'll take Baer. There's no reason for him to respect Young's punch. I think Max employs his left jab more than usual until he is able to set...
Tunney's toughness gives him the advantage over both Foster and Moorer. Bob had the big punch but I think the Fighting Marine was a tougher man....
Bravo to McGrain and Pedro for two exceptional posts. I heard starting at a young age that Walcott won that fight and was robbed. No doubt the two...
I don't agree that Ali was good defensively. He did everything wrong. He got hit too hard and often later in his career because he ignored the...
I agree. Boxing lesson. Possible late round KO.
I recall that by 1962 Liston was already called slow and unable to put combinations together like Patterson, of having no foot speed and knowing...
If the Valdes-Liston fight was televised on ABC, is it possible a kinescope or some kind of video exists somewhere?
Almost immediately after getting knocked out by Liston in 1962, a possibly groggy Patterson told a radio audience that Sonny was "too fast." I...
SuzieQ: I'm happy you made this post. I'd never read this much detail about the Valdes fight, which I've long wondered about. The accompanying...
What I learned from growing up in the Liston-Patterson era was that losing is inevitable. Even the greatest fighters will lose eventually. If...
