We should give this a formal vote. Because if Rocky beats Norton, shouldn't that silence a lot of his naysayers?
Disagree with your comparison to Lyle who I think was clearly better.
What a dreary fight it was.
I have Louis, Ali, Johnson, Foreman, Holmes and Dempsey above him in greatness. He's #7.
Walcott was not consistent. He lost a lot of fights to inferior opponents and there's reason to believe he laid down in his rematch with Marciano....
Yes! It was unforgivable what he did. And he did it twice. In the first fight, at least he tried to win before quitting. The second fight revealed...
Liston went into the fight a slight favorite despite having lost the first encounter. If gamblers wanted to fix the second fight, how could they...
Gerry Cooney was not a great fighter but he was a murderous puncher with his left hand. Ron Lyle and Ken Norton were better fighters than Gerry in...
Liston in 1959 hadn't yet laid down in a fight. He would be innocent of that one thing, for six more years. So I would expect an honest fight...
Remember what Cooney did to Ron Lyle and Ken Norton? They were considerably younger, bigger and stronger than Archie. When Archie uses that...
I would be afraid for Archie's life if he had to face Gerry Cooney! Are you trying to kill the guy?
I question which side the boxing power structure would take. Would it be Marciano, the hero beloved by all Italians and blue-collar white...
Exactly what I was thinking. I think the Ali of Manila uses his mind to find a way. Physically he may be outmanned, but mentally there's never...
I think the list is fine, except that one aborted fight.
The Walcott rematch shouldn't be on this list. Jersey Joe didn't come to fight that night. My take, shared by many, is Walcott intentionally...
