The reason why taller rangey fighters dominate the heavyweight division is due to the lack of quality fighters of other styles that if done well...
The quality of movement and the speed of Tyson when he had the entire Catskill team in his corner made him look unbeatable. Fighter's who didn't...
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck ...
How very true. I just feel many posters on here do no understand that the fight conditions and rules had a significant influence on the old...
If you teleported the likes of Roy Jones Jr or any decent sub-heavyweight fighter in the last 25 years back to 1908, Jack Johnson would be too...
Anyhoo, back to the original question. Both fighters in their prime had a similar style, well Holmes tended to stay in the middle of the ring and...
The doctor who examined him said it was "at least 40" , with no birth records. Liston fought Ali (Clay) with one arm too.
I stopped taking the O.P seriously when he mentioned Ali .... /thread plskthxbye.
I don't like how some here use Holmes as an example of modern evolution of "the jab". His jab was indeed one of the better examples in Boxing, but...
Nope, modern fighters are afraid to get hit and generally cautious and resort to long range pawing, and passive counter punching. If that is...
It's not an unbeatable style, it's just done well (good timing and reflexes) in a weight division where one or two punch KO power is lacking....
^^ This was really it. His desire to win fights (after winning all the titles) dininished and he found it difficult to train which even before...
He was in the right place at the right time. In another reality, Sonny Liston would be in his mid-to-late 20's and would have been punching Rocky...
The old time fighters fought with less protection, more rounds and in unforgiving weather at times, if you were knocked down, there was no...
Bruno took shots that would KO most fighters. But his defense was relatively poor vs the very best so overall it's not something to be too proud...
