See post #28.
Ron Lyle 1. Oscar Bonavena - In the previous four years Bonavena had only lost to Ali and the close one to Patterson. After Lyle, Bonavena would...
I'll give Briggs a go. I was pretty high on him prior to the Wilson fight, then I lost a bunch of respect for him. That lack of respect deepened...
I'm assuming it's because Lou left this mortal coil back in 2017.
Really, it only takes one historic event in a place to make it a historic location.
George! Glad to see that you are back!
FWIW, I remember a boxing magazine, around 1980, doing a "strength & weaknesses" article featuring the top fighters of the current time. They...
Buster Mathis won somebody's Super Heavyweight title in 1972, stopping Humphrey McBride. Mathis lost to Ron Lyle 24 days later and never fought again.
I guess that's one reason I don't get into "time-machine" fantasy fights. There were different factors and sets of circumstances in boxing at any...
Especially considering the extent of Golota's injury.
I apologize for not answering your PM about this. It was because I really didn't have an answer. Were Polish fans disappointed that Golota didn't...
That's the great "time capsule" thing about magazines. You open up an old one and are stunned reading about what they thought would happen....
I've never wanted a Super Heavyweight division, and I've thought about it for decades because the idea had come up many times. And it's precisely...
I just flipped on someone last night, though not in terms of greatness or really even ability. It was likability, and it was James Broad. As a...
That wasn't the late-80's / 90's version of Boxing Illustrated, though, right? That was the 70's / early 80's version that was just terrible,...
