Too long.
Yeah, for me ‘professional’ automatically rules out **** talkers. Sorry, but if you’re professional, there’s zero reason to make it personal....
Arguello is probably still a better answer but in terms of modern fighters, Kostya Tszyu a proper pro. No bull**** name-calling, always came in in...
Yes, I did forget that! Outstanding matchup.
I went for 1982 based on the quality of the fights: Sanchez-Nelson, Pryor-Arguello, Gomez-Pintor and Chacon-Limon 4 were four of the 10 best...
No, it was June 11, 1982.
I had fight one 7-4 with 1 even to Norton.
1980 was very good but 1981 was clearly better… and then 1982 was better still.
Alfredo Escalera v Tyrone Everett One of the most controversial decisions of all time and not a great fight by any stretch of the imagination....
I just went back and rewatched the fight to check my own recollections of it. What’s interesting is the way Zarate was the aggressor from the...
Great posts both and I fully agree.
Yes, Gomez was still using his boxing skills at this point of his career. A pure boxing match between them would have been interesting because...
I do believe that Zarate wasn’t himself that night and that he probably was unwell. But I don’t take anything away from Gomez. Had Zarate been...
Forget cruiser, that was the IBO title.
I’d happily swap 2023 for 2003.
That happens to me a lot too, Scar.
The ‘couple of pounds to despair’ was a predictive text thing - I’ve corrected it now! Yes, losing 2 extra pounds before the Leonard fight was a...
The problem with making p4p (if p4p is even something you care about) purely about weight jumping is that it means any fighter who established...
Excellent post.
He suffered a detached retina and that ended his career.
Great stuff, Chris! Quick question, I’m assuming that it’s Alfredo Escalera standing next to Ivan Calderon, not Juan LaPorte. Can you confirm?
Definitely, Scar! It was a great job from @Saintpat. Keep bumping that thread, it’s awesome!
The runner up round 15 (Boza-Limon) is a tremendous round in its own right so that says a lot about how good Holmes-Norton round 15 is.
I’ve come to the point with any all-time Heavyweight top 10 where I don’t think they can be that wrong unless you try and sneak Chris Byrd into it.
It’d go to points, I’m sure. I’m not sure about the outcome. My feeling is that Walker’s natural aggression might help Hagler to pick his shots...
