Sad news. A huge talent and some great memories of his fights from the 80s. RIP.
Spot on. To paraphrase Voltaire, at that time if the next great American heavyweight did not exist, it was necessary to invent him. While Grant...
Very difficult for him to top Berg, bearing in mind the relative quality of opposition. There probably aren't enough quality fighters at 140 for...
Similar to how so many endurance athletes suffer from exercise-induced asthma....
In the 80s/90s there were a series of British heavyweights suffering career ending/threatening injuries to the retina - Bruno, Mason, Notice off...
As the saying goes, the fighter makes the belt rather than vice versa. The relative status of the different belts was also not a fixed position,...
We're probably going to see a few more fighters whose careers were disrupted by Covid; not the virus itself, but the lost momentum both inside the...
While you can point to questionable matchmaking stylewise, ultimately you shouldn't need to "protect" a guy who is supposed to be the top dog in...