How about a shout out for Bernard Hopkins in the Antwun Echols rematch? He was picked up and slammed by Echols midway through the bout and...
Ummm...I was old enough to remember early Barkley on ESPN getting stopped by Robbie Simms and outpointed by the likes of Osley Silas (?) Iran...
Mike McCallum's two round demolition of Julian Jackson in 1986. Julian went on to have a long and successful career but I dont remember anyone...
I agree that PEDs were certainly around in track and field and other sports in the 80's. I just didn't hear about it in boxing much at that time...
Chris Byrd. Undersized and underpowered blown up cruiser at best. Hung with most of the big names in the 90's/2000's heavyweight division and went...
This was the era before PEDs so 38 years old (and retired for a decade) really did seem old. Ali and Joe Louis were both pretty much done by this...
Stamina. Well schooled and conditioned. Ton of national pride and heart. Sometimes too aggressive and reckless. Stubborn. A lot of times I...
Zaragoza is a good shout.:ARMS1:
Yes, his technique and experience finally caught up to his awesome physical skills. Even though he was past prime he was a much more well rounded...
Johnny Tapia later in his career.
Tony Ayala Jr. in his comeback. Marvin Johnson, Earnie Shavers and Evander Holyfield before they shaved their heads. Tommy Morrison aged rapidly...
Jimmy Young was in Jerry's camp in the early 70's when Gil Clancy was training Jerry. Gil wouldn't come right out and name Jimmy in the '87 KO...
Frankie Duarte! Booze and drugs stalled his first run at bantamweight. Retired and then came back clean years later and reversed a KO loss to...
Micky Ward, Larry Holmes, Carlos Palomino, Tim Witherspoon, Joe Bugner...
Well, definitely Ali in his second career. He would purposely lay against the ropes for extended periods and do little or no counterpunching. This...
