I think he would have. Foreman looked like he had Young ready to go in round 3. You could almost see him worry that he would punch himself out...
I think Qawi's a tough night for any 175-pounder who can't use a combination of height/reach and speed to try to make sure they landed a lot more...
I think there's enough blame to go around for the clinching in the fight. Ali held way more than in the FOTC. In 1971, he grabbed momentarily...
A name I hadn't noticed yet: Esteban DeJesus. I thought it was really entertaining to watch his calm, polished style against Duran's...
:lol: If that wasn't all-out, then all the eyewitnesses and everybody who's been taking their word for all these decades has been duped pretty...
I'd guess yes. But since I didn't see them, it's only a guess based on circumstantial evidence. Moore said that he didn't like Marshall for...
Archie Moore admitted that when fighting Lloyd Marshall in Baltimore in 1945, he held back to make a close fight that would make for a big-gate...
It was against Al Nettlow in Philadelphia. Robinson said that he'd instinctively reacted when Nettlow tagged him, and that when he went down, he...
One I like is Terry Norris - Simon Brown II. Rematching a guy who'd recently starched him, Norris stuck to boxing without resorting to passive,...
Yes, I've noticed it, and I've also read about it. It's a tiny smile, for sure, but I think it's there. A couple of biographies mention that...
No argument there. I think Ali's the best all-time heavyweight head-to-head for those reasons, plus a few more. I think Baer looks slower in...
I agree, Baer didn't jab much against Louis -- in the fights I've seen, he wasn't much of a jabber at all; he mostly used it as a pawing...
I saw him a couple of times on TV. He was a quick, shifty, mostly defensive fighter. Picture a smaller Cory Spinks and you wouldn't be too far...
Not necessarily. When analyzing a fighter's flaws on film, I'm also wondering whether those flaws are etched in stone. Not to digress, but...
For my money, the all-time winner in the best loss category is Billy Conn, who is best known and most highly regarded by most folks for his first...
