Good morning. Vito was a vastly underrated defensive fighter, while Rocky tended to swing for the cheap seats. This is one where I think...
Larry successfully defended his championship in eight consecutive calendar years, from Evangelista in 1978 to Carl Williams in 1985. I believe...
This is the knockout I was reminded of when Mike Weaver sent Big John Tate out to the world. Like Cosell in Vegas, Keith Jackson in Knoxville knew...
Morrison stood up to some good shots from Foreman and Ruddock, and defeated both convincingly. Bob's power seemed to desert him almost completely...
If Floyd had been awarded the decision of referee Harold Valan over Ellis in Stockholm during September 1968 (and I had Patterson the winner), I...
After his career was over, Rocky was absolutely unequivocal that if Carmine Vingo had died he would have retired then and there, this having been...
When I was a kid, my mother was watching a 1949 musical, "The Barkley's of Broadway" on the tube, and Fred Astaire was wearing a kilt, exposing...
In chronological order: Shavers I. Cooney. (These first two according to his own testimony) Cobb. Championship distance shutout off the back...
It took a peak Jeffries eight rounds to nail a suddenly stupidly cocky 39 year old Fitz in their rematch. Corbett's overwhelming speed got him on...
Stylistically, there were few fights he carried on his own. Cleveland Williams and Brian London were two of the exceptions, fast paced instances...
Ali revived it more than anything else. Live televised network boxing had a rough time recovering from the disaster of Griffith-Paret III until...
I usually think of a rivalry as defined here to entail an exchange of wins, or at least results, such as a win and a draw. More than one bout has...
This can be misleading though, as he also had enormous tensile strength and muscular endurance, accumulated through early dedicated strength...
While this back and forth over whether or not Sanchez was going to improve continues, it needs to be pointed out that Mancini-Kim took place three...
He has said that anybody who learns how to sell can make a success of themselves. Many are held back by a particular "ethic" or "honesty" from...
