Braddock is going to haunt you from beyond the grave if you don't immediately put him your top 10 lb for lb and your top 15 heavyweights.
I saw an interview with Larry Holmes and he mentioned that going into the fight with Gerry Cooney, Cooney was touted as this very promising, power...
All I can say is that I've seen otherwise. I've seen people say that Ali is the greatest and then rattle off Quarry, Ellis, Terrell etc as names...
For the sake of the discussion I put some of the mid to late 60s guys with the 70s crew. The point is, none are just head and shoulders over the...
Well yeah and thats another reason why the 70s era is the "golden era". Everyone fought everyone. For the most part.
Bonavena was used as an example. And make no mistake, the 70s had skilled men that would have been at the top of the heap in any era. It's just...
I hope you changed your mind about Braddock. Braddock might have beaten Quarry.
So you're saying that if Hearns had to hurry up and get to the airport and the only taxis available were being driven by Archie Moore or Rocky...
Now that I think about it, Marciano likely would have decapitated Hearns in a way that would make the Walcott KO look like Marciano was being nice.
Folley isn't knocking out Thomas. I just watched Thomas/Bowe and Bowe tossed everything plus the kitchen sink at a tired, drug addled Thomas and...
Thinking about Moore/Hearns makes me think of Moore/Olson [MEDIA]
What do you mean?
Sitting here watching Thomas/Witherspoon and I'm thinking, the 1980s contenders were every bit as skilled as the 70s contenders. Meaning, if you...
The Thomas that beat Witherspoon vs prime Folley and Machen. Would Thomas prevail with his size advantage combined with his skill?
Moore's prime was at light heavy and on top of that he defeated a number of top heavyweight contenders. And yes, I do think Moore could have...
