Among the great fighters there is Jon Bluming. He is very competent in Judo and Kyokushin-Karate (Student of the masters Mifune and Oyama).
To reach a Long life has to do with genetics, too.
I think Quarry by a close decision. But the Tua-Man is a fighter who always has the "puncher`s Chance".
I have just begun to read "The Way to Live" by George Hackenschmidt. The author was not only a great athlete and champion of professional...
Rocky Graziano vs. Marty Servo. It had bad consequences for Servo.
Whitey Bimstein was an excellent trainer and corner man. We should not forget him in this thread.
Perhaps George Godfrey.
"A Pictorial History of Boxing" by Nat Fleischer and Sam Andre is very good.
In 2009 some guys tried to reconstruct ancient Greek boxing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47jmOxzux-8 Quite interesting...
In the early seventies tere was a remarkable series in Bavarian TV: "They never come back - greatest fights of the century". The moderator was...
Although it may seem a little strange: Perhaps Barbados Joe Walcott in an early stage of Johnson`s career. Walcott fought against heavyweights...
In his times James J. Corbett was well known for good footwork.
Charley Burley Barbados Joe Walcott
@Mendoza Hans Huber - Joe Frazier`s Opponent in the Final of 1964 - came from Regensburg (my hometown). Before his career as a boxer he was a...
Nino Benvenuti? Lost versus Carlos Monzon....