Yeah, I'm very well aware that the southpaw floodgates have no been opened to a torrent of southpaws in all divisions, just wondering if MM was...
Generalship matters. As for Compustat garbage, breaking it down round by round is pretty important. Forget the fight long punch statistics. I...
Until after Larry's reign, I believe the only two southpaws who ever challenged for the HW Title were Karl Mildenberger and Richard Dunn. (Much...
Not necessarily true Barrf. Jim Jeffries set the record for former Heavyweight Champions when he passed in March 1953 just a month short of...
Larry's had a diabetic scare, his recovery from which may extend his life considerably. In terms of longevity, he's already very solid. Much more...
Ducked nobody. Like Marciano and Carnera (who defended against guys who beat the guy who dethroned Primo), he took on who was available. (So did...
Sean's truest level was exposed by Pete Ranzany I think. Different levels here, completely. Schooboy's an ATG. Sean had one big night against a...
Tiger Williams is just the kind of opponent George needed multiple bouts against to learn that he could not knock out everybody, an opponent would...
JT, you can always address the Boogaloo text quotes in a subsequent post if you so desire. It seems as though you may have something of extreme...
All's good, Ney. Louis had far more regard for Blackburn and Manny Seamon than Muhammad had for Dundee (and Gil Clancy was in his corner for...
I would be. George proved to simply not have the reach and hand speed when they did stand in ring center (as Foreman stated years ago), nobody...
Ali also let his weight balloon up to around 240 pounds for his summer pilgrimage to Africa after dethroning Liston, yet for Cooper II, he whipped...
Frazier wouldn't have been ready to challenge Ali until after Bonavena II, but that's not to say Joe would've won in 1969, his peak year. In...
Well, Louis had that comparable WW II hiatus. He stopped competing at 27 and came back at 32, whereas Ali stopped at 25 and came back at 28. Joe...
Burt Bienstock posted that he rated Louis as better than Ali because Ali was a draft dodger...
