This has always pretty much been my take on the fight. To me, Liston's neck flexed noticeably on impact. If we had the camera angles we enjoy with...
My recollection was just the opposite. My recollection is that Floyd threw very few punches in the last few rounds and that is how he let Ellis...
LaMotta easy. He knew how to fight, and Fullmer didn't, IMO. I have a closed mind on Fullmer, nothing can change my mind. The only things I would...
Off hand, Bobby Dykes was the stiffest I can think of. James J. Braddock was stiff too, IMO.
"If Marciano never existed," this forum would have a lot less to talk about.
My take on Ketchel is that he comes from an era when fighters stood in close and concentrated on head-to-head exchanges with lots of infighting,...
Pep, Benny Leonard, JJ Walcott, Wilde, Locche have already been mentioned. I take issue with the mentions of Ali, Pastrano, and Dupas. To me,...
It all depends which Haugen you are talking about. When he hit the big time after the first Camacho fight, he was not the same Haugen. He partied...
I agree, but I wouldn't even count attribute his loss to Terrell as inability to win the big ones, which to me really is just another way of...
1940 -'50's contender Billy Graham is another light-fisted puncher. Love watching this guy, though.
Haven't seen Ralph Dupas mentioned. I'll throw in a ringer -- how about Harry Greb? He valued bouncing around more than setting to punch.
Just to add a little context to the discussion of the Terrell-Machen fight, here's an excerpt (with footnotes at the bottom of the excerpt) from...
The statement that he never received a title shot is technically incorrect. I agree Folley never fought for the championship while in his prime...
