When I saw the title of the thread... this was the one that immediately came to mind. An amazing documentary - but also one that made me very sad!
Yes, perception can sometimes change over time... and Charles is one of those boxers who really has benefitted (legacy-wise) from the emergence of...
MMA is very small here compared to boxing. I actually had to Google MMA in Denmark to find out about it - and I can see, that the Danish MMA...
During the peak years (late 20s - early 30s) there were approx. 50% more fights than today. But that's of course only counting the fights known to...
Maybe in the US - but not worldwide! Certainly not over the past 40 years or so. In 1975 the world's population was 4.07 billion. Today it's...
According to BoxRec, activity reached an all-time high in the 20s and 30s, dropped off sharply during the war, made a recovery just after to reach...
Exactly! Worldwide the number of fights/fighters has gone up quite sharply over the last 40 years.
I'm also with Berlenbach on this one! Beating a full-fledged middleweight as good as LaMotta (and giving away a huge amount of weight in the...
No, let's not ask how many heavyweights before him WE could theoretically rank over him - let's ask how he was ACTUALLY rated by veteran fight...
So what was his standing relative to the men who went before? And I don't mean in the minds of oldtimers in the 50s - I mean how did oldtimers...
Johnny Risko HOFers: Gene Tunney Jack Sharkey x2 Max Schmeling Max Baer x2 Mickey Walker x3 George Godfrey Jimmy Slattery Jack Delaney x2 Young...
"ONLY ON ESB, ONLY ON ESB" a frustraded Burt cries out! And you know what... he's right! There are other boxing sites out there - one with 5...
Nat didn't like Ali, which is why he wasn't in his hw top-10... not because he was still active. Robinson and Pascual Perez both made the top-10...
No, that's obviously not what I'm saying. I don't think you can compare boxing and music like that. What I'm saying is this: If you want an...
You may be right - but shouldn't we, just once in a while, hear about them too? Instead of being told, again and again, that the insane ramblings...
