Hopkins wasn't that terribly skilled technically in an ATG perspective. For the most part he had good fundamentals, but he overbalanced when...
Ali's appeal and celebrity all over the world sets apart imo.
There's noting like the Evan Fields-thing about Tyson, no, but I would be careful with saying someone active in th '80s and 90's - when steroids...
Does anybody have the details on what he said his reasons were for dropping the belts?
@janitor what say you?
I wouldn't eat for a month.
I think this has been a good thread with some very interesting primary sources posted. Too many getting pissed off, though.
Yes, I don't see how you can be top 3 ATG if you can't say you were ever the best even in your own era. If he shared an era with Louis or Ali,...
Yeah, but starving oneself is not the same as cutting water. But it seems they cut both fat and water, the latter which is curious when you don't...
Him and Cooper apparently. :)
Fair points and good input.
No.
You might not have claimed Liston was avoided, but others certainly have (i thought so too btw) and Klompton adressed that and provided sources....
If he accepted the offer to face Ellis in Miami and won but then was denied a unification by Frazier, then he'd have a clear case for having been...
Yes, the reasoning not to face Ellis in Miami certainly doesn't sound like someone who's keen on a title shot.
