I saw Marco Antonio Barrera in the crowd watching his brother lose to Johnny Tapia. Barrera was normally stoic during his own fights. Watching his...
Baer was very big for his era. My father and my cousin met him many years ago and thought that he was huge. He was what? 6'3" tall and 215? I...
The RJJ that fought Hopkins is, very possibly, the most overrated fighter in history. If you think that Hagler is slow, you haven't seen enough...
Tony Galento fought a lot of rounds, and had a lot of late stoppages, for a guy that never trained. A lot of boxing fans, for reasons unknown to...
That's what I think. That was Joe Frazier's night, the night of his life. If you asked him about that night, I expect that he would say that he...
There is no universe where Roy Jones is going to win a shootout with Joe Louis. I think that, if he tried to clinch with Louis, Jones would be...
Gonzalez, when speaking about his two fights with Luisito Espinosa, had one of my all time favorite boxing quotes. I'm paraphrasing but it went...
Jones didn't move better than Conn. And Jones didn't fight the quality of opposition that Conn did. Jones was, in every weight class, a feared...
I remember watching Hill v Hearns. Going in, I thought that Hill would beat him but that went out the window right away. Once he felt the first...
I used to have his fight with Espinoza on vcr tape. I saw him sparring for that fight and had an autographed picture. I also Espinoza spar in...
Ruddock, in his most notable form, got his weight way over his left leg and actually, physically plodded around the ring looking to launch a...
You are right!!! All through his career Toney was known for getting hit with right hands. Rolling and countering right hands was a signature...
You see that in a lot of older fighters when they lose their legs.
I bet you 168 Crawford was 185, 188 in the ring.
Perspective... Weight jumping was a very different animal back when you made weight at 2pm and fought at 8 or 9. It was rare to see guys move up...
