Talking prime for prime? 1.Holmes easily outpoints Bugner or stops him late. 2. Lyle has at least a 30-50% chance of catching Norton early and...
i like your analysis, but the conclusion that it would be down to the wire is off. Prime Holmes stops any version of Frazier late or possibly...
Holmes did NOT lose to Witherspoon or Williams. The Witherspoon fight there were a few close rounds but Holmes won MANY more if you watch the...
Foreman should have jabbed more with Ali. He came in overconfident. The fight was also in 115 degree heat which didn’t help. Much of Ali’s...
Peak Lennox was much better than mid 1970s Ali who was holding and running.
I just watched Ali vs Earnie Shavers again. If that wasn’t Ali doing all that illegal holding and not engaging, most fighters would have been...
Have you really watched the Holmes Witherspoon fight and counted the rounds? Holmes was winning almost every round and Witherspoon hurt him with...
Yawn… another Ali fanboy. Ali post prison would lay on the ropes and let opponents punch themselves out and then would knock them out late. Most...
II disagree with most on here. Who did Frazier beat other than a comebacking Ali? Jimmy Ellis? Buster Mathis? Come on. Never fought Norton… never...
A couple of things to point out. Liston, like most other Ali opponents is overrated because of Ali’s mythic stature that came more from Ali’s...
I rewatched that fight a few times, and what was at work here was what I call “comparison scoring”. Holmes was a great but unpopular champion who...
What’s also interesting if you watch it is that the scoring on the Holmes Witherspoon fight should not have been that close. Witherspoon won maybe...
Team Tyson didn’t avoid Witherspoon. Witherspoon was in line to fight him next but got kayoed in one by Smith. Most figured if Smith Kayoed him,...
