I'm astounded it took that long for somebody to bring them up. (Aren't they still the only brothers in the IBHOF?)
And reportedly, when Flowers was being wheeled into his fatal operation, he stopped and asked, "Say, isn't this where Harry Greb died?" The doctor...
This is where it's really a damned shame we haven't got a combination of footage and radio recordings to go on. While everybody else is vexed...
What was the worst beating handed to a defending heavyweight champ on the other side of Liston-Patterson? Ingo crushed Floyd the first time too,...
If knockout percentages were a factor in scoring dominance, then 13 is staggering considering Greb's. (In my own mind though, I'm starting to rate...
Within his own mind, Smoke may be the only one who knows the true answer to this. Let's say Ali never returns from exile. Foreman-Frazier I may...
Because we can see how dominant Tunney is on film. Harry handed him the one official loss on his record. Grantland Rice, William Muldoon, Regis...
Back up to post #22.;)
From what I can determine as yet, this would appear to be the case. Fleischer had a list of 20 year competitors in his 1957 Ring Encyclopedia. At...
The footage issue is massive. We have footage of Kid Lewis, Walker, Benny Leonard, Lew Tendler, Gans, Langford, Driscoll, the Gibbons brothers,...
I wish more would make observations like this about Frazier. Joe's physical strength was widely hailed as one of his greatest assets, and Ali was...
Larger gloves are used now, and the championship distance has been abolished. Both reduce the cumulative value of body punching significantly....
In past posts, I've also stated that Smith should have been disqualified for not trying in both his loss to Tyson, and earlier in his final round...
No, I think his ability to take a punch was adequate, surprisingly so, given the qualities which could make it challenging to reach his chin at...
Yes, and I never said I believe Maldonado could have prevailed. Based on other matches of his that I viewed, I think Mario caught lightning in a...
