Going to watch a "Crown Affair" with my father. A seemingly out of shape Michael Dokes finding not only a second but a third win to Draw Mike...
Great point. Holmes, at 35/36 went 15 rounds three times in under a year against Williams and Spinks.
Holmes from the Witherspoon fight onward was like the Ottoman Empire after the Battle of Vienna, steadily in retreat. Sure there were turn back...
As long as it's not with a clenched fist there's nothing wrong with it..........according to James Bond! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Xj3N-IYbU
ok that is a recent phenomenon and one can make the argument that as the percentage of fights in vegas increased over the last 35 years the...
good point. like duran was at his best at 135 but some of his most savage stoppages came at 154 against cuevas and moore.
Larry is a legend with 35 years at the top of the game. I'll take his discursive discourse anytime over the cliched knob lobbing offered up by...
Agreed. Take Holmes for example. He was in decline from Snipes onward. He still dominated Cooney a year later but the telltale signs of...
Fresh off of pummeling Jr. Middle Champ Davey Moore Roberto Duran shocks the boxing world and becomes the first man in history to win 4 titles...
15 to 12 47-0 heading into the fight Larry Holmes loses his title to a mere neophyte in Carl Williams......... 12 to 15 Richard Steele is roudnly...
All kidding aside, I think the poster makes a valid point. Yes life is imitating art and let's not forget life as it was in 1985. Holmes...
It's a matter of aesthetics. Do you judge subjectively or objectively. Subjectively, you MIGHT say Steele was wrong. Objectively, he WAS right!!
Sonny, are you really Peter Marciano?
