I produced an entire thread once, where I did a breakdown of Jeffries early opposition, and how long after his pro debut he fought them. It is...
I have been visiting friends, is this an issue of great importance to you?
I don't really like this question very much. We are not paying to see a public execution in boxing. There are scenarios where quitting is...
You might conclude that Hank Griffin was a bit of an ask for your first rodeo.
I don't see how you can dispute that Choynski was an elite heavyweight at the time, whatever he weighed.
We are basically matching a man who lost fights that he should have won, against a man who lost fights that he shouldn't have been bale to lose.
I am aware of all that, but at world level experience trumps weight advantage. Let's say that we were managing a young heavyweight prospect...
I would say that Joe Choynski for your 8th professional fight is a bit of an ask.
I voted for Pollack. He really got into the guts of early gloved boxing history, in a way that nobody had done before, and gave us the missing...
I agree that it is very questionable whether Holyfield could be called modern, but he was champion very firmly in the era of big heavyweights....
Then he would simply select the appropriate weight class. In any event he is not really any smaller than Holyfield or Usyk, so at the very...
What did you get banned for you daft bugger?
I wouldn't bet my life on Cleveland Williams beating Joe Grim, nor anything else that I couldn't afford to lose.
Even under Prices rules, I am minded to think Willard chin checks him at some point.
I think that we would be more than justified in making Willard the favorite. Even if he was as clueless as his detractors say, he was that...