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1. Holmes 1 - very clever performance which ended the run of an unbeaten HOF HW champ. 2. Barkley - Toney's most consistent and...
I've heard these excuses, but even if there is a grain of truth to them, they're still weak and inherently inconsistent IMO. Essentially, the...
He would've always been baited by the fact that Tarver had snatched up several of his titles that he had vacated when moving up to fight Ruiz....
Agreed.
IMO, the biggest distortion is the widespread claim that "Hagler landed the harder punches while Leonard just pity patted." In truth, Hagler's...
Leonard won rounds 1-4, 6, and 11 fairly clearly IMO. Hagler possibly edged most, if not all of the remaining rounds, but not all of his rounds...
It doesn't - it prevents the opponent from scoring points, while the other fighter scores with punches in between tying up. And that's precisely...
I still believe Leonard won round 3 - I read your case for Hagler, but I still feel Hagler did too little over the second half of the round, while...
I think many people underestimate or mischaracterize the work Leonard did in this fight. They characterize the fight as simply "Hagler landing...
You neglected to mention that he was dominated and dropped several times in the rematch. Returning to form with two decisive wins over...
First of all, Baird didn't beat Benvenuti. Secondly, Benvenuti was coming off KO wins over Baird and Bethea heading into the 1st Monzon fight....
Tunney's performance against Gibbons is one of the greatest displays of aggressive counterpunching I've ever seen. He was like a non-stop...
I suppose I'm going against the grain here, but I think Monzon's performance in the first Benvenuti fight was one of the most impressive in MW...
I've always been impressed with how ripped Willie Ritchie looked here (watch the first minute): XWOF7mcdJYE That's purely from traditional...
