A great farewell bout might have been a ten-round exhibition: five rounds each with Leon and Michael Spinks! "I will go down in history as the...
All of the above - poor discipline, etc - but I think there are also athletes who just aren’t built to withstand the trauma of combat sports. It’s...
What I got best from all that was jogging with Joe Frazier … you can have Ali, Tyson, Foreman, all the rest (except maybe Holmes); there’s no...
Thing is, nobody can deny King promoted some super fights, and fighters made a lot of money with him; but the flip side, where he swindled, stole...
Dude, take a breath - I said King was at fault for promoting this fight. That's all. If Arum had promoted the fight, I'd be saying the same thing....
While he was certainly a grown man capable of making his own decisions, Ali was surrounded by con men and grifters with a vested interest in...
I'd add: while the fights with Frazier, Shavers, etc certainly did their share of damage, I think his training method of letting sparring partners...
Still the only guy to KO Holmes, regardless ... if the fight had taken place against Ali in 1980, we'd be saying the same thing (I'm guessing the...
If you're talking about damage to their careers/legacy, Ray Leonard would be a candidate - while Norris and Camacho were good fighters, prime Ray...
I think I recall an article (maybe SI?) around the time he was training for the first Leonard fight; it said he didn't like jumping rope or the...
Under those horrible conditions, against a force of nature like Joe Frazier who never took a step back ... yeah, he was great; a dozen other HW...
I’ve read “the hook causes sudden rotational forces to the brain resulting high shear forces to the hemispheres, whereas a frontal impact causes...
#1: Cus #2: Frazier #3: Holmes #4: Tex Cobb #5: Pete Hamill
Norton, quite handily. In high school, entered eight track and field events and won seven. Illinois instituted the "Ken Norton" rule limited HS...
Nevermind Bruno - Marvis was a legit contender by 83. Imagine the buildup for an Ali-Frazier Jr matchup: Ali: “Gonna whup you like I whupped your...
